---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "(1) Existing law defines a \"ballot marking system\" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a special absentee voter, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to place a notice in any office within the county, as specified, to inform potential special absentee voters of their right to a vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and application forms can be obtained."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1417"
citation: "California AB 1417 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad50b64-a582-4b33-9914-1743e2b2d75a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417"
source_hash: "25b99758db00637e8e182741a4e2807510a8d13d2db03548a49721495e26724b"
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 1417 (20132014) — Elections.

(1) Existing law defines a "ballot marking system" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a special absentee voter, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to place a notice in any office within the county, as specified, to inform potential special absentee voters of their right to a vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and application forms can be obtained.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141799INT)
2. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141798AMD)
3. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141796CHP)
4. **AB1417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417)
5. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141797ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1417 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FONG — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1417 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Anderson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1417 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** From printer. May be heard in committee April 20.
- **2013-04-01** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1345.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** 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`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-03** From consent calendar.
- **2013-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-07-03** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Torres.
- **2013-09-03** From inactive file.
- **2013-09-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2256.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3126.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad50b64-a582-4b33-9914-1743e2b2d75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).