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Bill	Elections.	(1) Existing law defines a "ballot marking system" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a special absentee voter, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to place a notice in any office within the county, as specified, to inform potential special absentee voters of their right to a vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and application forms can be obtained.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1417	California AB 1417 (20132014)	bill	Elections.	enacted	Committee on Elections and Redistricting	5	27	6	2013-03-20	2013-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/dad50b64-a582-4b33-9914-1743e2b2d75a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417	25b99758db00637e8e182741a4e2807510a8d13d2db03548a49721495e26724b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1417 (20132014) — Elections.

(1) Existing law defines a "ballot marking system" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a special absentee voter, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to place a notice in any office within the county, as specified, to inform potential special absentee voters of their right to a vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and application forms can be obtained.

Version chain

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

1. 03/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/04/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1417 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1417 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FONG — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1417 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Anderson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1417 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-03-21 From printer. May be heard in committee April 20.
• 2013-04-01 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1345.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2013-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2013-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-07-03 From consent calendar.
• 2013-07-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-07-03 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Torres.
• 2013-09-03 From inactive file.
• 2013-09-03 Ordered to second reading.
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2256.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3126.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dad50b64-a582-4b33-9914-1743e2b2d75a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).