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Bill	Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County.	Existing law provides for the calling of a special election to fill a congressional or legislative vacancy. Under existing law, the governing body of a local agency is authorized to conduct a local, special, or consolidated election wholly by mail under specified conditions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1873	California AB 1873 (20132014)	bill	Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County.	enacted	Gonzalez	7	31	8	2014-02-19	2014-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f5afd920-acee-402b-b9f6-54325ec53f1a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873	33d1e019634f65207d1a3d045a652133832eb4c5565e023c55c57077dbc15d9d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1873 (20132014) — Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County.

Existing law provides for the calling of a special election to fill a congressional or legislative vacancy. Under existing law, the governing body of a local agency is authorized to conduct a local, special, or consolidated election wholly by mail under specified conditions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/28/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1873 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1873 Gonzalez By Padilla — 24–8 (pass) · upper
• From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 3–3 (fail) · lower
• AB 1873 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — 44–32 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1873 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 47–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Mullin — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2014-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2014-05-06 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2014-05-08 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 19. Page 4818.)
• 2014-05-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-12 Received May 9 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(6).
• 2014-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5219.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-29 Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 5325.)
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 5334.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2014-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 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
• 2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2014-08-25 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-27 From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage
• 2014-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
• 2014-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 8. Page 4934.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6667.)
• 2014-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 6679.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 598, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5afd920-acee-402b-b9f6-54325ec53f1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).