---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: voter signature."
description: "Existing law authorizes certain persons to use a signature stamp to affix a signature to various elections documents. Existing law prohibits a voter from using a signature stamp until the signature stamp is used by the voter to sign an affidavit of registration in the presence of a county elections official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 111"
citation: "California SB 111 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voter signature."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-01-15"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47f2a5d-1f29-4987-999c-581b29cf83cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB111"
source_hash: "04900c7ba43f9755c64794b2dcd53c79bc6ddc2e197e7619a675fe09f36d6c70"
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 SB 111 (20132014) — Elections: voter signature.

Existing law authorizes certain persons to use a signature stamp to affix a signature to various elections documents. Existing law prohibits a voter from using a signature stamp until the signature stamp is used by the voter to sign an affidavit of registration in the presence of a county elections official.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB111&version=20130SB11199INT)
2. **03/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB111&version=20130SB11198AMD)
3. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB111&version=20130SB11196CHP)
4. **SB111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB111)
5. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB111&version=20130SB11197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 111 Beall Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 388.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 576.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2483.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 151, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47f2a5d-1f29-4987-999c-581b29cf83cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).