---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration."
description: "Under existing law, a person may not be registered to vote except by affidavit of registration. Existing law provides for an affidavit of registration to be included on a multipart card, to be known as a voter registration card. Existing law also expresses the Legislature's intent to promote and encourage voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1357"
citation: "California AB 1357 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voter registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe6723cb-d0d0-4bea-bf48-f8193c286c16"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1357"
source_hash: "ba718637c199406585eabac6d3da12ec9145489c1a973f0e30d99cae72ddd61d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1357 (20112012) — Voter registration.

Under existing law, a person may not be registered to vote except by affidavit of registration. Existing law provides for an affidavit of registration to be included on a multipart card, to be known as a voter registration card. Existing law also expresses the Legislature's intent to promote and encourage voter registration.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1357&version=20110AB135799INT)
2. **06/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1357&version=20110AB135798AMD)
3. **08/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1357&version=20110AB135796CHP)
4. **AB1357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1357)
5. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1357&version=20110AB135797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1357 SWANSON Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1357 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1351.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1786.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2327.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-08-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe6723cb-d0d0-4bea-bf48-f8193c286c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).