Existing law permits a county elections official to deputize as registrars of voters qualified citizens, and permits a deputy registrar to register persons to vote. Existing law requires the last two full weeks in April and in September to be known as "high school voter weeks," during which time deputy registrars of voters are allowed to register to vote students and school personnel on high school campuses in areas designated by the school administration.
California AB 1817 (20132014) — Voter registration: high school pupils.
Existing law permits a county elections official to deputize as registrars of voters qualified citizens, and permits a deputy registrar to register persons to vote. Existing law requires the last two full weeks in April and in September to be known as "high school voter weeks," during which time deputy registrars of voters are allowed to register to vote students and school personnel on high school campuses in areas designated by the school administration.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 1817 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 54–20 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
AB 1817 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–22 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gomez — primary (person)
Ammiano — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2014-05-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 5007.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-28 Referred to Coms. on ED. and E. & C.A. referral-committee
2014-06-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 4196.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-06-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-07-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 5803.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b96fe292-8811-4693-8d45-8cb23149705d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).