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type: "Bill"
title: "Vote by mail: procedures: permanent vote by mail voters: failure to return ballot."
description: "Existing law provides for a voter to become qualified as a permanent vote by mail voter. Under existing law, a permanent vote by mail voter will be deleted from the list of qualified permanent vote by mail voters if the voter fails to return an executed vote by mail ballot in 2 consecutive statewide general elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1343"
citation: "California AB 1343 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vote by mail: procedures: permanent vote by mail voters: failure to return ballot."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5864717e-67f9-419c-b03d-e002d83b40d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1343"
source_hash: "329a0156404cb2b7baebdc12e30eb71fa3cbd4a5c071a5a3975377292d76df0d"
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 1343 (20112012) — Vote by mail: procedures: permanent vote by mail voters: failure to return ballot.
Existing law provides for a voter to become qualified as a permanent vote by mail voter. Under existing law, a permanent vote by mail voter will be deleted from the list of qualified permanent vote by mail voters if the voter fails to return an executed vote by mail ballot in 2 consecutive statewide general elections.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1343&version=20110AB134399INT)
2. **08/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1343&version=20110AB134397CHP)
3. **AB1343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1343)
4. **07/18/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1343&version=20110AB134398ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **52** (pass) · lower
- AB 1343 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **5026** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1343 Fong By De León — **2414** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **32** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 1040.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1847.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-08-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5864717e-67f9-419c-b03d-e002d83b40d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).