republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2797.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: voter registration and ballots."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Controller to allocate and disburse to counties, from moneys appropriated by the Legislature, amounts necessary to reimburse the counties for costs incurred in complying with voter registration provisions, as specified. Under existing law, counties are required to submit to the Controller claims for those amounts by October 31 in the year following the fiscal year in which the costs were incurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2797"
citation: "California AB 2797 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voter registration and ballots."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-03-25"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad8571d4-5b77-4d42-8852-569cfe33b6e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797"
source_hash: "418597f6de098f6ab524c43af100a4b7db7301399a551c947ab5b9e361530724"
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 2797 (20092010) — Elections: voter registration and ballots.

(1) Existing law requires the Controller to allocate and disburse to counties, from moneys appropriated by the Legislature, amounts necessary to reimburse the counties for costs incurred in complying with voter registration provisions, as specified. Under existing law, counties are required to submit to the Controller claims for those amounts by October 31 in the year following the fiscal year in which the costs were incurred.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/25/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797&version=20090AB279799INT)
2. **05/10/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797&version=20090AB279798AMD)
3. **08/19/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797&version=20090AB279797AMD)
4. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797&version=20090AB279795CHP)
5. **AB2797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797)
6. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2797&version=20090AB279796ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2797 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Strickland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2797 E.& R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FONG — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2797 E.& R. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-03-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-26** From printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
- **2010-04-08** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5163.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-02** To inactive file on motion of Senator Hancock.
- **2010-08-18** From inactive file.
- **2010-08-18** To second reading.
- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4819.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
- **2010-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6716.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad8571d4-5b77-4d42-8852-569cfe33b6e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).