---
type: "Bill"
title: "Polling place designation."
description: "Existing law provides requirements for local elections officials to designate public and private properties and facilities for use as polling places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 193"
citation: "California AB 193 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Polling place designation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-27"
last_action: "2011-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cfe7147-c1f3-4e7d-8654-e3db0933e419"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193"
source_hash: "5d7e1714939dbbca63984c799b937b3a9455ead1d16963ab3435c84ada042591"
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 193 (20112012) — Polling place designation.

Existing law provides requirements for local elections officials to designate public and private properties and facilities for use as polling places.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193&version=20110AB19399INT)
2. **04/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193&version=20110AB19398AMD)
3. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193&version=20110AB19397AMD)
4. **07/27/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193&version=20110AB19395CHP)
5. **AB193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193)
6. **07/13/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB193&version=20110AB19396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 AB193 Knight By Anderson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 193 KNIGHT Assembly Third Reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Measure version as amended on April 5 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1171.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** 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. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2011-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cfe7147-c1f3-4e7d-8654-e3db0933e419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).