---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: corruption of voting."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a precinct board member, before placing a ballot into the ballot box, to attempt to learn the name on a ballot or to take other specified actions to obtain information from the ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 269"
citation: "California AB 269 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: corruption of voting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-12"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4f66413-5375-4593-b70e-cc0e4691ba89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB269"
source_hash: "7763cd4839cfda719cdd726518a89011472de84cc8a9a83f23fe85926dbd8fc4"
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 269 (20092010) — Elections: corruption of voting.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a precinct board member, before placing a ballot into the ballot box, to attempt to learn the name on a ballot or to take other specified actions to obtain information from the ballot.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB269&version=20090AB26999INT)
2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB269&version=20090AB26998AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB269&version=20090AB26996CHP)
4. **AB269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB269)
5. **07/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB269&version=20090AB26997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #11 AB269 Silva — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 269 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1364.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1520.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 94, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4f66413-5375-4593-b70e-cc0e4691ba89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).