--- type: "Bill" title: "Elections." description: "(1) Existing law authorizes specified counties, commencing January 1, 2018, and any county except the County of Los Angeles, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if specified conditions are satisfied. The County of Los Angeles is authorized, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as a vote center election if specified conditions are satisfied. No later than 4 years after conducting its first vote center election, the County of Los Angeles will be authorized to conduct all-mailed ballot elections in the same manner as other counties. Existing law requires that the plan for the administration of an all-mailed ballot election conducted by a county include a voter education and outreach plan approved by the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 6 months of each election conducted by a county as an all-mailed ballot election or vote center election, to report specified information regarding the election to the Legislature." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 117" citation: "California SB 117 (20172018)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Elections."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"] version_count: 5 action_count: 19 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2017-01-11" last_action: "2017-08-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c76a5e13-e970-4530-837e-587aa2cbd6cf" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB117" source_hash: "970716d2c95af642a4bec5f1a581ae11e45ae933e2f0cf287174c766bde02f3d" 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 117 (20172018) — Elections. (1) Existing law authorizes specified counties, commencing January 1, 2018, and any county except the County of Los Angeles, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if specified conditions are satisfied. The County of Los Angeles is authorized, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as a vote center election if specified conditions are satisfied. No later than 4 years after conducting its first vote center election, the County of Los Angeles will be authorized to conduct all-mailed ballot elections in the same manner as other counties. Existing law requires that the plan for the administration of an all-mailed ballot election conducted by a county include a voter education and outreach plan approved by the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 6 months of each election conducted by a county as an all-mailed ballot election or vote center election, to report specified information regarding the election to the Legislature. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/11/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB117&version=20170SB11799INT) 2. **08/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB117&version=20170SB11798AMD) 3. **08/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB117&version=20170SB11796CHP) 4. **SB117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB117) 5. **08/24/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB117&version=20170SB11797ENR) ## Votes - SB 117 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING Motion to Re-refer to Committee By HARPER — **26–48** (fail) · lower - Unfinished Business SB117 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **25–13** (pass) · upper - SB 117 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **48–29** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **15–11** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-01-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11. - **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 982.) - **2017-05-08** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1040.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-05** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2017-08-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-08-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 11.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-08-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2746.) - **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 49. Page 2751.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2222.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2017-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 180, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c76a5e13-e970-4530-837e-587aa2cbd6cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).