--- type: "Bill" title: "Election procedures." description: "(1) Existing law permits a county elections official to offer conditional voter registration and provisional voting on election day at satellite offices of the county elections office, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 439" citation: "California SB 439 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Election procedures."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Allen"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-02-25" last_action: "2015-10-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce5acaa-50e1-4375-9cb8-e4b2c9f83c7d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439" source_hash: "253f9b0e9e02ac21aef98df39a885c1ea62a42279b948a09b2a8766dbf1bf5ef" 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 439 (20152016) — Election procedures. (1) Existing law permits a county elections official to offer conditional voter registration and provisional voting on election day at satellite offices of the county elections office, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43999INT) 2. **04/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43998AMD) 3. **06/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43997AMD) 4. **08/31/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43996AMD) 5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43994CHP) 6. **SB439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439) 7. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43995ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **23–12** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB439 Allen Concurrence — **26–13** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - SB 439 Allen Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — **54–23** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Allen — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-09** Set for hearing April 21. - **2015-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 723.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4. - **2015-05-04** May 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-05-05** Set for hearing May 11. - **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 1023.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-23** July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-31** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2856.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2497.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 734, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce5acaa-50e1-4375-9cb8-e4b2c9f83c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).