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Bill Elections: vote by mail ballot applications. Existing law requires that a printed application that is to be distributed to a voter for requesting a vote by mail voter's ballot include specified information. Existing law requires an individual, organization, or group that distributes applications for vote by mail ballots and receives completed application forms to return the forms to the appropriate elections official within 72 hours of receiving the forms. us/states/ca California Legislature 20132014 AB 1596 California AB 1596 (20132014)
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California AB 1596 (20132014) — Elections: vote by mail ballot applications.

Existing law requires that a printed application that is to be distributed to a voter for requesting a vote by mail voter's ballot include specified information. Existing law requires an individual, organization, or group that distributes applications for vote by mail ballots and receives completed application forms to return the forms to the appropriate elections official within 72 hours of receiving the forms.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/04/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 09/26/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB1596 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/13/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • AB 1596 GARCIA Consent Calendar Second Day — 780 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB1596 Garcia By Correa — 360 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2014-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2014-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
  • 2014-02-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2014-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4967.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2014-05-22 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
  • 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2014-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4415.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-08-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2014-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
  • 2014-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2014-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c91c1f3d-882e-4822-b614-dc0fda2bb950. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).