Existing law prohibits a voter from placing any mark upon a ballot that will make the ballot identifiable. Under existing law, a ballot that is not marked as provided by law or that is marked or signed by the voter so that the ballot can be identified by others is required to be rejected. If a ballot is marked in a manner so as to identify the voter, the ballot is required to be marked "Void" and placed in a container for void ballots.
California SB 183 (20112012) — Ballots: identifying information.
Existing law prohibits a voter from placing any mark upon a ballot that will make the ballot identifiable. Under existing law, a ballot that is not marked as provided by law or that is marked or signed by the voter so that the ballot can be identified by others is required to be rejected. If a ballot is marked in a manner so as to identify the voter, the ballot is required to be marked "Void" and placed in a container for void ballots.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 25–14 (pass) · upper
SB 183 Correa Senate Third Reading By SOLORIO — 53–25 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Correa — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
2011-02-17 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2011-03-04 Set for hearing March 15.
2011-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 358.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 11.
2011-04-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2011-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 705.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-05-02 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2011-06-21 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2633.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-29 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2011-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 739, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a72ebc3f-c07a-4241-b786-19368fe2354c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).