---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: all-mailed ballot elections."
description: "Existing law authorizes a local, special, or consolidated election to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 413"
citation: "California AB 413 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: all-mailed ballot elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cede862-03eb-44e5-8083-e0a2413e0ef8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413"
source_hash: "8d0194df1a05f1543fcabd3d98afc6a8e2bd2d3f3e4816989d3187b6d2fa0bc1"
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 413 (20112012) — Elections: all-mailed ballot elections.

Existing law authorizes a local, special, or consolidated election to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413&version=20110AB41399INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413&version=20110AB41398AMD)
3. **04/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413&version=20110AB41397AMD)
4. **05/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413&version=20110AB41396AMD)
5. **08/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413&version=20110AB41394CHP)
6. **AB413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413)
7. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB413&version=20110AB41395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 413 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 413 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — **50–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB413 Yamada By Correa — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 905.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-24** 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`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by 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`
- **2011-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 1783.). `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 52. Noes 23. Page 2319.). `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 187, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cede862-03eb-44e5-8083-e0a2413e0ef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).