---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaration of candidacy: residence address."
description: "Existing law requires a candidate for public office to file a declaration of candidacy that contains, among other things, the residence address of the candidate. Existing law provides that a candidate for judicial office is not required to state his or her residence address on a declaration of candidacy. Existing law requires an elections official to verify whether a candidate's residence address is within the appropriate political subdivision and add a specified notation on the declaration of candidacy if the candidate does not state his or her residence address on the declaration. Existing law provides specified procedures to make a voter's registration information confidential, including a voter's residence address."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1768"
citation: "California AB 1768 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Declaration of candidacy: residence address."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d568397c-45a5-41f2-8334-a4297388779d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1768"
source_hash: "2460c58d3ac543dea4980be39510c12d82d22970717df2c2a50e4e082fc47b19"
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 1768 (20132014) — Declaration of candidacy: residence address.

Existing law requires a candidate for public office to file a declaration of candidacy that contains, among other things, the residence address of the candidate. Existing law provides that a candidate for judicial office is not required to state his or her residence address on a declaration of candidacy. Existing law requires an elections official to verify whether a candidate's residence address is within the appropriate political subdivision and add a specified notation on the declaration of candidacy if the candidate does not state his or her residence address on the declaration. Existing law provides specified procedures to make a voter's registration information confidential, including a voter's residence address.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1768&version=20130AB176899INT)
2. **05/23/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1768&version=20130AB176898AMD)
3. **07/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1768&version=20130AB176896CHP)
4. **AB1768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1768)
5. **07/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1768&version=20130AB176897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1768 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1768 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4598.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4142.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5798.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 130, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d568397c-45a5-41f2-8334-a4297388779d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).