---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: voter registration."
description: "Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1020"
citation: "California AB 1020 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voter registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc774c9b-a415-490e-832a-ec66ee711547"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020"
source_hash: "a4b303ff53b4f85927df9f98ee7ecd9602901f87f0c6aac8f829730408fe6137"
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 1020 (20152016) — Elections: voter registration.

Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next registration.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102099INT)
2. **07/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102098AMD)
3. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102097AMD)
4. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102096AMD)
5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102094CHP)
6. **AB1020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020)
7. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102095ENR)

## Votes

- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1020 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1020 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1020 Ridley-Thomas By Allen — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1560.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2485.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 3089.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc774c9b-a415-490e-832a-ec66ee711547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).