Existing law requires an elections official to request an electronic mail address from each military or overseas voter who registers to vote. Existing law allows a military or overseas voter who provides an electronic mail address to request that his or her application for a ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application, or another shorter period the voter specifies. Existing law requires an elections official to provide a ballot to a military or overseas voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable.
California AB 1589 (20132014) — Military or overseas voters: electronic ballots.
Existing law requires an elections official to request an electronic mail address from each military or overseas voter who registers to vote. Existing law allows a military or overseas voter who provides an electronic mail address to request that his or her application for a ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application, or another shorter period the voter specifies. Existing law requires an elections official to provide a ballot to a military or overseas voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2014-02-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2014-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4748.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-15 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2014-05-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4646.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2014-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 649, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/692aa407-2564-4206-828d-fa1aeb5c15f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).