republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1929.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: casting ballots.	Existing law provides for the conduct of elections generally. Existing law prohibits the use of a voting system for an election unless it has been approved as meeting specified criteria by the Secretary of State prior to the election. Existing law defines a voting system as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used to cast or tabulate votes, or both.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1929	California AB 1929 (20112012)	bill	Elections: casting ballots.	enacted	Gorell	8	28	8	2012-02-22	2012-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/158cbc5a-3abb-4b37-90b7-5c3b27ec0905	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1929	0bc12ab2a630e636548d1702a4915f5d9fb08f19396896a439a06348b2fb4300	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1929 (20112012) — Elections: casting ballots.

Existing law provides for the conduct of elections generally. Existing law prohibits the use of a voting system for an election unless it has been approved as meeting specified criteria by the Secretary of State prior to the election. Existing law defines a voting system as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used to cast or tabulate votes, or both.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/21/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1929 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1929 GORELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1929 GORELL Third Reading Urgency — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gorell — primary (person)
• Achadjian — coauthor (person)
• Cook — coauthor (person)
• Donnelly — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Hagman — coauthor (person)
• Halderman — coauthor (person)
• Harkey — coauthor (person)
• Jeffries — coauthor (person)
• Miller — coauthor (person)
• Norby — coauthor (person)
• Olsen — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Silva — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-05-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-05-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-16 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5052.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4756.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6368.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
• 2012-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 694, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/158cbc5a-3abb-4b37-90b7-5c3b27ec0905. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).