--- type: "Bill" title: "Elections: elections officials." description: "Existing law requires elections officials, at least 14 days before an election, to prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials who are fluent in a non-English language and in English were appointed, and the language or languages other than English in which the officials will provide assistance." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 1631" citation: "California AB 1631 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Elections: elections officials."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"] version_count: 6 action_count: 24 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2022-01-11" last_action: "2022-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db45373c-bc74-4b41-8423-5b1d820e555d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631" source_hash: "00c1e990d1d3592f4ee2432ca8552919f046cf1124c1ca33ae92a834563e5314" 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 1631 (20212022) — Elections: elections officials. Existing law requires elections officials, at least 14 days before an election, to prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials who are fluent in a non-English language and in English were appointed, and the language or languages other than English in which the officials will provide assistance. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/11/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163199INT) 2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163198AMD) 3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163197AMD) 4. **09/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163195CHP) 5. **AB1631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631) 6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163196ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1631 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1631 Cervantes By Gonzalez — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Cervantes — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2022-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11. - **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-17** 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` - **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2022-04-18** 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` - **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4957.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-06-27** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2022-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2022-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db45373c-bc74-4b41-8423-5b1d820e555d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).