republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1135.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vote-by-mail ballots: signature verification."
description: "Existing law sets forth procedures for processing vote by mail ballots and requires that a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, compare the signature on the vote by mail ballot's identification envelope with the signature on the voter's affidavit of registration or the signature on the voter's application for a vote by mail ballot, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1135"
citation: "California AB 1135 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vote-by-mail ballots: signature verification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17adb2b5-b175-4d6d-8557-0d129fe2d7e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135"
source_hash: "29d1cb70eb3d7b64bd35409cdcca22968ac95f56d0aec38e0ade18ca29f13ed0"
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 1135 (20132014) — Vote-by-mail ballots: signature verification.

Existing law sets forth procedures for processing vote by mail ballots and requires that a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, compare the signature on the vote by mail ballot's identification envelope with the signature on the voter's affidavit of registration or the signature on the voter's application for a vote by mail ballot, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113599INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113598AMD)
3. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113597AMD)
4. **06/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113596AMD)
5. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113595AMD)
6. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113593CHP)
7. **AB1135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135)
8. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1135&version=20130AB113594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1135 Mullin By Hill — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1135 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1135 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **52–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 921.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-10** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-14** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-25** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 1885.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 2659.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17adb2b5-b175-4d6d-8557-0d129fe2d7e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).