---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election results."
description: "Existing law requires each local elections official to prepare a certified statement of the results of each election, and requires the Secretary of State to compile election results and prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote from the compiled results."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 813"
citation: "California AB 813 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election results."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474029d1-9acd-4caf-b252-842c9f7cd00f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813"
source_hash: "a93ac98078b5f6aa9b85a3a6f9a057bb885061bb631fe92108207262394c9014"
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 813 (20132014) — Election results.

Existing law requires each local elections official to prepare a certified statement of the results of each election, and requires the Secretary of State to compile election results and prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote from the compiled results.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813&version=20130AB81399INT)
2. **03/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813&version=20130AB81398AMD)
3. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813&version=20130AB81397AMD)
4. **08/16/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813&version=20130AB81395CHP)
5. **AB813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813)
6. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB813&version=20130AB81396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 813 MELENDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB813 Melendez By Torres — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melendez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** 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`
- **2013-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **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 1343.) `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`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1692.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 112, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/474029d1-9acd-4caf-b252-842c9f7cd00f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).