republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-46.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Elections: official canvass: manual tally.	Existing law requires, during the official canvass of an election in which a voting system is used, the official conducting the election to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots tabulated by those devices, including vote by mail voters' ballots, cast in 1% of the precincts chosen at random by the elections official.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 46	California AB 46 (20092010)	bill	Elections: official canvass: manual tally.	enacted	Monning	11	48	10	2008-12-01	2010-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/bcf76a37-d4f7-4dc9-85eb-b406645bc05c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB46	874bc9c2815fe0ea1f1dcd4a96c46ae54118d42f2ab40b2deb54e320dde85454	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 46 (20092010) — Elections: official canvass: manual tally.

Existing law requires, during the official canvass of an election in which a voting system is used, the official conducting the election to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots tabulated by those devices, including vote by mail voters' ballots, cast in 1% of the precincts chosen at random by the elections official.

Version chain

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

1. 12/01/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/19/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/31/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/22/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/15/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/01/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. AB46 (committee substitute) — source
11. 06/21/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 46 MONNING Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 46 BLAKESLEE Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• W/O REF. TO FILE AB46 Monning Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Monning — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
• 2009-02-05 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-02-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-02-23 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-03-27 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-03-31 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1865.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2009-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-14 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-07-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-17 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2009-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2009-09-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-09 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-09-10 Ordered to third reading.
• 2009-09-11 To inactive file on motion of Senator Benoit.
• 2010-05-27 From inactive file.
• 2010-05-27 To second reading.
• 2010-05-28 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-14 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-06-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
• 2010-06-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 15). referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2010-06-15 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3890.)
• 2010-06-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-06-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3944.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-06-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2010-06-17 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2010-06-21 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage
• 2010-06-21 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 5742.)
• 2010-06-21 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5742.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-06-21 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2010-06-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-06-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 28, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcf76a37-d4f7-4dc9-85eb-b406645bc05c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).