--- type: "Bill" title: "Elections and voting procedures." description: "(1) Existing law provides that ballots cast in all-mailed ballot elections, as specified, are considered timely cast if they are received by the voter's elections official by mail no later than 3 days after election day and additional, specified conditions are satisfied." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 930" citation: "California AB 930 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Electionsandvotingprocedures"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ward"] version_count: 9 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-19" last_action: "2025-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebcf9423-de07-45e0-8d72-2f71b0b94f8c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930" source_hash: "986cb9a15d749ab62a1683f32d9e5931e43974624a4c4883ad8e81e0f2e95154" 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 930 (20252026) — Elections and voting procedures. (1) Existing law provides that ballots cast in all-mailed ballot elections, as specified, are considered timely cast if they are received by the voter's elections official by mail no later than 3 days after election day and additional, specified conditions are satisfied. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93099INT) 2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93098AMD) 3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93097AMD) 4. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93096AMD) 5. **06/16/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93095AMD) 6. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93094AMD) 7. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93092CHP) 8. **AB930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930) 9. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93093ENR) ## Votes - AB 930 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **59–16** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower - AB 930 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–19** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB930 Ward By Cervantes — **29–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ward — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22. - **2025-03-28** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 1606.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-05-28** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2589.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3114.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 282, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebcf9423-de07-45e0-8d72-2f71b0b94f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).