---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conditional voter registration: voting."
description: "Existing law authorizes an elector who is otherwise qualified to register to vote to complete a conditional voter registration and cast a provisional ballot during the 14 days immediately preceding an election, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 693"
citation: "California AB 693 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conditional voter registration: voting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ae3c9ca-4bd4-4aa7-b99f-0de46e48ccb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB693"
source_hash: "4d5081a720f787b0e91dc92d78fc22e9bce5f3b9405a41ac3d874cce91c18a13"
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 693 (20192020) — Conditional voter registration: voting.

Existing law authorizes an elector who is otherwise qualified to register to vote to complete a conditional voter registration and cast a provisional ballot during the 14 days immediately preceding an election, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB693&version=20190AB69399INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB693&version=20190AB69398AMD)
3. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB693&version=20190AB69396CHP)
4. **AB693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB693)
5. **07/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB693&version=20190AB69397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 693 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **59–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB693 Berman By Umberg — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 1572.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1869.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ae3c9ca-4bd4-4aa7-b99f-0de46e48ccb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).