republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1243.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vote by mail voters."
description: "Vote by mail voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1243"
citation: "California AB 1243 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vote by mail voters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnette"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f86d32-cf7e-47f5-add2-625fe0cf2baa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243"
source_hash: "c6d8560e2876f1e7322887717b496ecdbb35db1594c2163aba166433b6373a1b"
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 1243 (20072008) — Vote by mail voters.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124399INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124398AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124397AMD)
4. **05/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124396AMD)
5. **05/24/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124395AMD)
6. **07/02/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124394AMD)
7. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124393AMD)
8. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124392AMD)
9. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124390CHP)
10. **AB1243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243)
11. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1243&version=20070AB124391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1243 Karnette By Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1243 KARNETTE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1243 KARNETTE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karnette — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 12. Page 1821.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2272.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-05** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2925.)
- **2007-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 2947.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 508, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64f86d32-cf7e-47f5-add2-625fe0cf2baa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).