republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2941.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special absentee voters: voting by facsimile."
description: "Special absentee voters: voting by facsimile."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2941"
citation: "California AB 2941 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special absentee voters: voting by facsimile."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adf46734-0a6d-42df-b26d-a446a9d61565"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941"
source_hash: "897c6b705901469f0cd2f5c25ae859b2176cfe46cc31562a6ffed4117c6aab00"
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 2941 (20032004) — Special absentee voters: voting by facsimile.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294199INT)
2. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294198AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294197AMD)
4. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294196AMD)
5. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294195AMD)
6. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294193CHP)
7. **AB2941** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941)
8. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2941&version=20030AB294194ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2941 bates concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2941 bates assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2941 bates by ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 821, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7607.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 5105.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6086.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adf46734-0a6d-42df-b26d-a446a9d61565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).