--- type: "Bill" title: "November 3, 2020, statewide general election." description: "Existing law authorizes counties, on or after specified dates, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if, among other conditions, the county elections official provides for ballot drop-off locations and vote centers meeting minimum requirements. Vote centers are required to be open from the 10th day before the election until election day, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 423" citation: "California SB 423 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["November 3", "2020", "statewide general election."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"] version_count: 8 action_count: 33 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2019-02-21" last_action: "2020-08-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ba2428a-170f-4c21-9d5d-67fd3f0ec3c6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423" source_hash: "ccaa03c1b46b9bb2997fd06895715206da7b807c31779bd9e9c28e7d58dd14a1" 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 SB 423 (20192020) — November 3, 2020, statewide general election. Existing law authorizes counties, on or after specified dates, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if, among other conditions, the county elections official provides for ballot drop-off locations and vote centers meeting minimum requirements. Vote centers are required to be open from the 10th day before the election until election day, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42399INT) 2. **04/09/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42398AMD) 3. **05/05/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42397AMD) 4. **05/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42396AMD) 5. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42395AMD) 6. **08/06/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42393CHP) 7. **SB423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423) 8. **08/06/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423&version=20190SB42394ENR) ## Votes - Amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower - SB 423 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Berman — **57–12** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **4–1** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB423 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **29–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Umberg — primary (person) - Berman — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-21** Set for hearing April 23. - **2019-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 771.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1150.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-24** July 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2020-05-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-05-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-06-18** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 4914.) - **2020-06-23** June 25 hearing postponed by committee. - **2020-06-26** From committee: Amend and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage` - **2020-07-08** July 13 hearing postponed by committee. - **2020-07-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-07-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-07-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 5058.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2020-08-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2020-08-03** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4062.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-08-03** Set for hearing August 4. - **2020-08-04** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 4074.) `committee-passage` - **2020-08-06** Urgency clause adopted. - **2020-08-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 4095.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-08-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2020-08-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 31, Statutes of 2020. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ba2428a-170f-4c21-9d5d-67fd3f0ec3c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).