republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-503.md

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Bill	Processing write-in votes.	Existing law prescribes the procedure for conducting an official canvass of election results, including the manner in which a name written upon a ballot for a qualified write-in candidate is to be counted for the office. Existing law, with regard to voting systems in which write-in spaces appear directly below the list of candidates for that office and provide a voting space, prohibits an elections official from counting a write-in vote unless the voting space next to the write-in space is marked or slotted as directed in the voting instructions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 503	California AB 503 (20112012)	bill	Processing write-in votes.	enacted	Block	6	21	5	2011-02-15	2011-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/947c5a84-1605-4e10-9bcb-2e97769774e2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB503	b11d096edd73e7216087c056a3642e1ffa879d8df06a77539a77d440b1c9d9ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 503 (20112012) — Processing write-in votes.

Existing law prescribes the procedure for conducting an official canvass of election results, including the manner in which a name written upon a ballot for a qualified write-in candidate is to be counted for the office. Existing law, with regard to voting systems in which write-in spaces appear directly below the list of candidates for that office and provide a voting space, prohibits an elections official from counting a write-in vote unless the voting space next to the write-in space is marked or slotted as directed in the voting instructions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/08/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB503 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/18/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 503 BLOCK Assembly Third Reading — 53–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB503 Block By Vargas — 23–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Block — primary (person)
• Vargas — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2011-03-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-04-04 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
• 2011-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1731.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2011-06-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1850.). 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 190, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/947c5a84-1605-4e10-9bcb-2e97769774e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).