---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: access for voters with disabilities."
description: "(1) Existing law requires elections officials to furnish each polling place with specified supplies for an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 545"
citation: "California AB 545 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "access for voters with disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4de01ff6-1a5c-4ef8-9688-592ef18d1635"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545"
source_hash: "da4641e198ce101d1c3a498d92929653f2c04c7da30d647357aaeec3582d3fb5"
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 545 (20232024) — Elections: access for voters with disabilities.

(1) Existing law requires elections officials to furnish each polling place with specified supplies for an election.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545&version=20230AB54599INT)
2. **05/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545&version=20230AB54598AMD)
3. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545&version=20230AB54596CHP)
4. **AB545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545)
5. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545&version=20230AB54597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 545 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — **67–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pellerin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1684.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 2055.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2432.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 658, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4de01ff6-1a5c-4ef8-9688-592ef18d1635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).