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Bill	Elections: provisional ballots.	Existing law requires that a provisional ballot be issued to a voter claiming to be properly registered but whose qualification or entitlement to vote cannot be immediately established upon examination of the index of registration or records on file with the county elections official.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1440	California AB 1440 (20092010)	bill	Elections: provisional ballots.	enacted	Swanson	8	32	9	2009-02-27	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/20c981d2-c424-403f-b76d-146699189294	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1440	f9c1e6d63d9b30772907abcc91c76a3579a8f443f8db997c143ff1d21d5e15f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1440 (20092010) — Elections: provisional ballots.

Existing law requires that a provisional ballot be issued to a voter claiming to be properly registered but whose qualification or entitlement to vote cannot be immediately established upon examination of the index of registration or records on file with the county elections official.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/09/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1440 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1440 Swanson — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1440 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1440 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1440 Swanson By Wright — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1440 Swanson Reconsider — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Swanson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1451.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. referral-committee
• 2009-06-09 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. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-06-25 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. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-07-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-23 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2009-07-23 (Page 1804.)
• 2009-07-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-27 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1976.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-27 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Wright.
• 2009-08-27 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1982.)
• 2009-09-02 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-04 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2205.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-09 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
• 2009-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3171.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 395, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20c981d2-c424-403f-b76d-146699189294. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).