---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: precinct board members."
description: "Existing law requires that each member of a precinct board be a voter of the county, except that an elections official may appoint not more than 5 pupils per precinct to serve under the direct supervision of designated board members, as specified. Among other qualifications, such a pupil must be a United States citizen or be a citizen at the time of the election for which he or she is serving as a member of the precinct board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 554"
citation: "California AB 554 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: precinct board members."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5430a7b6-4fac-4977-8984-27b9091fdfb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554"
source_hash: "c57d46f27d341493bb961c42b09d9fb52970e1cbed8f29967d40eb95fe7d5b00"
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 554 (20152016) — Elections: precinct board members.

Existing law requires that each member of a precinct board be a voter of the county, except that an elections official may appoint not more than 5 pupils per precinct to serve under the direct supervision of designated board members, as specified. Among other qualifications, such a pupil must be a United States citizen or be a citizen at the time of the election for which he or she is serving as a member of the precinct board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554&version=20150AB55499INT)
2. **08/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554&version=20150AB55497CHP)
3. **AB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554)
4. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554&version=20150AB55498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 554 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **53–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB554 Mullin By Allen — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 554.) `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`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1875.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5430a7b6-4fac-4977-8984-27b9091fdfb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).