---
type: "Bill"
title: "All-mailed ballot elections: San Mateo County."
description: "Existing law authorizes, as a pilot program, until December 31, 2017, elections in Yolo County, other than statewide primary or general elections, or special elections to fill a vacancy in a state office, the Legislature, or Congress, to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied. If Yolo County conducts an all-mailed ballot election, existing law requires the county to report to the Legislature and the Secretary of State, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2028"
citation: "California AB 2028 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["All-mailed ballot elections: San Mateo County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68eeda56-f6e6-4af3-bcd1-021b3291fd4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2028"
source_hash: "5f6808a0e9a8eadcb288473f47487a2b8be2ea59b65119c242327ead40616396"
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 2028 (20132014) — All-mailed ballot elections: San Mateo County.

Existing law authorizes, as a pilot program, until December 31, 2017, elections in Yolo County, other than statewide primary or general elections, or special elections to fill a vacancy in a state office, the Legislature, or Congress, to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied. If Yolo County conducts an all-mailed ballot election, existing law requires the county to report to the Legislature and the Secretary of State, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2028&version=20130AB202899INT)
2. **04/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2028&version=20130AB202898AMD)
3. **08/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2028&version=20130AB202896CHP)
4. **AB2028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2028)
5. **08/06/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2028&version=20130AB202897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2028 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **51–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2028 Mullin By Hill — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** 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`
- **2014-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 4949.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4299.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-04** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 209, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68eeda56-f6e6-4af3-bcd1-021b3291fd4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).