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Bill	Voter registration agencies.	Existing law, the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993, requires each state to establish procedures to register voters by application in person at certain federal, state, or nongovernmental agencies designated by state law as voter registration agencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 35	California SB 35 (20112012)	bill	Voter registration agencies.	enacted	Padilla	13	42	13	2010-12-06	2012-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/e3142e58-be89-47f7-9b7f-e72642ba3ccc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB35	9861bf76002fc896e4aff04d5ec9d84ea9382bea6d298e5814494da57fe75dc2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 35 (20112012) — Voter registration agencies.

Existing law, the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993, requires each state to establish procedures to register voters by application in person at certain federal, state, or nongovernmental agencies designated by state law as voter registration agencies.

Version chain

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

1. 12/06/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/27/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/11/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/06/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/23/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/24/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. SB35 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB35 Padilla Concurrence — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• SB 35 Padilla Senate Third Reading By SWANSON Amend By SWANSON Set #1 — 52–27 (pass) · lower
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — 4–3 (fail) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Amend, and re-refer to the Committee on Natural Resources. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 35 Padilla Senate Third Reading By SWANSON — 52–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Padilla — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2010-12-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
• 2011-01-20 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2011-04-11 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-04-12 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2011-04-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 857.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-16 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1111.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1267.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2011-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. committee-failure
• 2011-07-05 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2177.)
• 2011-07-07 From committee: Amend and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 6). committee-passage
• 2011-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-27 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-23 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6169.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6347.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2012-08-29 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4923.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2012-08-30 Set for hearing August 30.
• 2012-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 5043.) committee-passage
• 2012-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5077.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 505, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3142e58-be89-47f7-9b7f-e72642ba3ccc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).