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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: new citizens."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a new citizen, as defined, to register and vote at the office of the county elections official at any time beginning on the 14th day before an election and ending on the 7th day prior to election day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 84"
citation: "California AB 84 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: new citizens."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-05"
last_action: "2011-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc2f9560-bd4e-44fc-a23e-15339264dbd7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB84"
source_hash: "4e90b92be7cbd0e971e37c0feabf031e8d8788850afb06d6462d125243e60fd3"
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 84 (20112012) — Elections: new citizens.
(1) Existing law authorizes a new citizen, as defined, to register and vote at the office of the county elections official at any time beginning on the 14th day before an election and ending on the 7th day prior to election day.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/05/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB84&version=20110AB8499INT)
2. **08/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB84&version=20110AB8497CHP)
3. **AB84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB84)
4. **07/18/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB84&version=20110AB8498ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **115** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **52** (pass) · lower
- AB 84 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **5225** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB84 Fong By Lieu — **2214** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **32** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-01-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-06** From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
- **2011-01-27** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 907.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 1851.). `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 186, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc2f9560-bd4e-44fc-a23e-15339264dbd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).