---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vote by mail ballots: telephone applications."
description: "Existing law requires that application for a vote by mail voter's ballot be made in writing to the elections official having jurisdiction over the election during a specified period prior to the election, subject to specified exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 530"
citation: "California AB 530 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vote by mail ballots: telephone applications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f19745-547f-4d99-a7eb-7171938e5658"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB530"
source_hash: "a0b223a77e62aedaa8bf2f638069826aca8d3213aa2c84b6a9d01a810ec9c957"
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 530 (20132014) — Vote by mail ballots: telephone applications.

Existing law requires that application for a vote by mail voter's ballot be made in writing to the elections official having jurisdiction over the election during a specified period prior to the election, subject to specified exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB530&version=20130AB53099INT)
2. **05/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB530&version=20130AB53098AMD)
3. **10/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB530&version=20130AB53096CHP)
4. **AB530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB530)
5. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB530&version=20130AB53097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB530 Quirk-Silva By Torres — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 530 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading Amend By HAGMAN Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — **52–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 530 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-11** 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`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1721.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-30** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1809.)
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 1835.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 1992.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 501, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f19745-547f-4d99-a7eb-7171938e5658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).