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Bill	Voter registration: affidavits: rebuttable presumptions.	Under existing law, when a county elections official receives an affidavit of registration that does not include portions of information for which space is provided, the county elections official is required to apply several rebuttable presumptions. Those presumptions include the presumption that if the affiant fails to identify his or her state of birth within the United States, then it is presumed that the affiant was born in a state or territory of the United States if the affiant lists his or her birthplace as the United States, U.S.A., or other recognizable term designating the United States.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 131	California AB 131 (20132014)	bill	Voter registration: affidavits: rebuttable presumptions.	enacted	Williams	4	15	4	2013-01-15	2013-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/62015ca5-a7d9-4e16-a782-c412ff005944	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB131	86d332fd4347f4752efab0b39d0ada2a3a513648d64795abcee33fc0ebf09090	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 131 (20132014) — Voter registration: affidavits: rebuttable presumptions.

Under existing law, when a county elections official receives an affidavit of registration that does not include portions of information for which space is provided, the county elections official is required to apply several rebuttable presumptions. Those presumptions include the presumption that if the affiant fails to identify his or her state of birth within the United States, then it is presumed that the affiant was born in a state or territory of the United States if the affiant lists his or her birthplace as the United States, U.S.A., or other recognizable term designating the United States.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/13/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB131 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/10/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB131 Williams By Yee — 26–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 131 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — 47–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
• 2013-01-24 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 773.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-04-18 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2013-06-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 1602.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2013-08-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2013-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62015ca5-a7d9-4e16-a782-c412ff005944. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).