--- type: "Bill" title: "State facilities and public buildings: vote centers and polling places." description: "Existing law, the California Voter's Choice Act, authorizes certain counties to conduct any election, after a specified date, as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are satisfied, including conditions related to ballot dropoff locations, vote centers, and plans for the administration of all-mailed ballot elections." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2540" citation: "California AB 2540 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["State facilities and public buildings: vote centers and polling places."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-02-14" last_action: "2018-09-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5360f00-5f7c-43ed-aca1-d4dcfd33abe8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540" source_hash: "338fe635b95be433594c2d25968240eede58ba5a246743eb7da402b778671613" 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 2540 (20172018) — State facilities and public buildings: vote centers and polling places. Existing law, the California Voter's Choice Act, authorizes certain counties to conduct any election, after a specified date, as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are satisfied, including conditions related to ballot dropoff locations, vote centers, and plans for the administration of all-mailed ballot elections. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254099INT) 2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254098AMD) 3. **04/18/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254097AMD) 4. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254095CHP) 5. **AB2540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540) 6. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254096ENR) ## Votes - AB 2540 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2540 Mullin By Allen — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mullin — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5514.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5802.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 343, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5360f00-5f7c-43ed-aca1-d4dcfd33abe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).