---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes election dates, including on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1829"
citation: "California AB 1829 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3129c12-3955-408e-a593-f27d84cc8fac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829"
source_hash: "1bc55201d1f4da15642e8fa0d2d37dbfd53cf89f525b2282451a3fa4c342982e"
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 1829 (20192020) — Elections.

(1) Existing law establishes election dates, including on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each year.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/27/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829&version=20190AB182999INT)
2. **05/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829&version=20190AB182998AMD)
3. **08/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829&version=20190AB182997AMD)
4. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829&version=20190AB182995CHP)
5. **AB1829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829)
6. **09/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1829&version=20190AB182996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1829 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1829 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERMAN — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1829 E. & R. (Berman) By Umberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** From printer. May be heard in committee April 27.
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1592.) `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** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-10** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.
- **2019-08-20** From inactive file.
- **2019-08-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2282.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2903.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3129c12-3955-408e-a593-f27d84cc8fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).