---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: vote by mail ballot drop-off locations."
description: "Existing law requires an elections official to mail a ballot to every registered voter for any election. Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are met, and requires a county elections official conducting an all-mailed ballot election to consider locating a vote center on a public or private university or college campus. Existing law requires a county that does not conduct an all-mailed ballot to provide a specified number of vote by mail ballot drop-off locations based on the population of the county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2815"
citation: "California AB 2815 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: vote by mail ballot drop-off locations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a782c40-c4d2-4a69-b822-ad0c14984607"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2815"
source_hash: "99873aea6254babedd6a0e946e556ca00e6c5c6807479016340a6aba42c9a831"
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 2815 (20212022) — Elections: vote by mail ballot drop-off locations.

Existing law requires an elections official to mail a ballot to every registered voter for any election. Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are met, and requires a county elections official conducting an all-mailed ballot election to consider locating a vote center on a public or private university or college campus. Existing law requires a county that does not conduct an all-mailed ballot to provide a specified number of vote by mail ballot drop-off locations based on the population of the county.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2815&version=20210AB281599INT)
2. **04/07/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2815&version=20210AB281598AMD)
3. **09/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2815&version=20210AB281596CHP)
4. **AB2815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2815)
5. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2815&version=20210AB281597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2815 Berman Assembly Third Reading By LOW — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2815 Berman By Limón — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 14. Page 4872.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5138.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a782c40-c4d2-4a69-b822-ad0c14984607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).