---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election management systems."
description: "Existing law requires the vendor of a voting system or a ballot marking system to cause an exact copy of the source code for each component of the system to be deposited into an approved escrow facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 829"
citation: "California AB 829 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election management systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6709c3c-026a-474d-a5c9-8ec2a6c9663f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB829"
source_hash: "5afb39bc28d6abf09fd325e9eb073b16a21a73822c5f93a27b3f95186f1df738"
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 829 (20132014) — Election management systems.

Existing law requires the vendor of a voting system or a ballot marking system to cause an exact copy of the source code for each component of the system to be deposited into an approved escrow facility.

## 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=201320140AB829&version=20130AB82999INT)
2. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB829&version=20130AB82997CHP)
3. **AB829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB829)
4. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB829&version=20130AB82998ENR)

## Votes

- AB 829 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB829 Fong By Anderson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (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.

- **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`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1118.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** 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`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1876.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6709c3c-026a-474d-a5c9-8ec2a6c9663f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).