---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration: notification."
description: "Voter registration: notification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 3059"
citation: "California AB 3059 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voter registration: notification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-05-13"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45840f0f-966d-4ba9-b02d-47e88b68a7d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059"
source_hash: "3e962a10b594aee23ef11c9896f0a4ef842b2dc355c35e43e542089f7b4aa46a"
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 3059 (20012002) — Voter registration: notification.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/13/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059&version=20010AB305999INT)
2. **06/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059&version=20010AB305998AMD)
3. **07/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059&version=20010AB305997AMD)
4. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059&version=20010AB305995CHP)
5. **AB3059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059)
6. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3059&version=20010AB305996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3059 Cardoza Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3059 Cardoza Third Reading Urgency Motion to Re-refer to Committee By Ashburn — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3059 Cardoza By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Leonard — coauthor (person)
- Liu — author (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — author (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — author (person)
- Strickland — author (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Washington — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 665, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5872.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 7637.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-15** Motion to re-refer bill to Com. on E., R. & C.A. made by Assembly Member Ashburn. Motion to re-refer bill lost.
- **2002-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 4.) (August 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** From printer. May be heard in committee June 13.
- **2002-05-13** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45840f0f-966d-4ba9-b02d-47e88b68a7d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).