---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recall elections and voter registration."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from being registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration. If a court finds that a person is not capable of completing an affidavit of voter registration, as specified, existing law provides that a person shall be deemed mentally incompetent and disqualified from voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1311"
citation: "California AB 1311 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recall elections and voter registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07546297-3dea-4a0d-9dc9-af282a0a77ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311"
source_hash: "3371b2128d6cb486c3c526bfdc76ea3c9b77113b2cacc33cc6e67a238317ee9f"
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 1311 (20132014) — Recall elections and voter registration.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person from being registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration. If a court finds that a person is not capable of completing an affidavit of voter registration, as specified, existing law provides that a person shall be deemed mentally incompetent and disqualified from voting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311&version=20130AB131199INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311&version=20130AB131198AMD)
3. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311&version=20130AB131197AMD)
4. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311&version=20130AB131195CHP)
5. **AB1311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311)
6. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1311&version=20130AB131196ENR)

## Votes

- amendments be concurred in. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1311 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — **57–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 1311 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1311 Bradford By Padilla — **34–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 1386.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-11** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Yee.
- **2014-08-18** From inactive file.
- **2014-08-18** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-19** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-20** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 4722.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-27** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 6622.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07546297-3dea-4a0d-9dc9-af282a0a77ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).