---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections officials."
description: "Existing law authorizes an elections official to appoint any voter to serve as a precinct board member, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 817"
citation: "California AB 817 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections officials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db616029-d426-437f-80b4-9293e0d852b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817"
source_hash: "40521bc872add61a6b2269d4d2e017dd3881cc50194918985498e8bd09436d7b"
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 817 (20132014) — Elections officials.

Existing law authorizes an elections official to appoint any voter to serve as a precinct board member, as specified.

## 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=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81799INT)
2. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81798AMD)
3. **05/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81797AMD)
4. **05/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81796AMD)
5. **06/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81795AMD)
6. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81794AMD)
7. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81792CHP)
8. **AB817** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817)
9. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817&version=20130AB81793ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB817 Bonta By Torres — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 817 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 817 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **49–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — 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.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** 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`
- **2013-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1517.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 1558.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** 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`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 1694.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 2469.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db616029-d426-437f-80b4-9293e0d852b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).