---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closing of the polls."
description: "Existing law requires a precinct board to account for ballots at the closing of the polls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 363"
citation: "California AB 363 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Closing of the polls."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinorth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e57ce99d-f91e-43f7-ae73-536d2c734df7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363"
source_hash: "24880a8fb4299448c504b27bcc18ac1b53cd991763d17d2fe66680411cbf8562"
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 363 (20152016) — Closing of the polls.

Existing law requires a precinct board to account for ballots at the closing of the polls.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363&version=20150AB36399INT)
2. **05/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363&version=20150AB36398AMD)
3. **05/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363&version=20150AB36397AMD)
4. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363&version=20150AB36396AMD)
5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363&version=20150AB36394CHP)
6. **AB363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363)
7. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB363&version=20150AB36395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 363 STEINORTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB363 Steinorth By Stone — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 363 STEINORTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinorth — primary (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- Obernolte — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2015-03-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1816.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2015-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2397.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.)
- **2015-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2867.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** 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 725, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e57ce99d-f91e-43f7-ae73-536d2c734df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).