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Bill	Ballot processing.	Existing law requires an elections official to compare the signature on the envelope of a vote by mail ballot, a mail ballot precinct ballot, or a provisional ballot with the signature that appears on the voter's affidavit of registration, as specified. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not compare, existing law requires that the ballot be rejected, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2530	California AB 2530 (20132014)	bill	Ballot processing.	enacted	Rodriguez	6	23	6	2014-02-21	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2a48bf60-0af9-4214-b79c-c3118053455d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2530	a3c32a0db0e575da6afd2fb31d49685ece023e5e2894e4e167879da18480aba9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2530 (20132014) — Ballot processing.

Existing law requires an elections official to compare the signature on the envelope of a vote by mail ballot, a mail ballot precinct ballot, or a provisional ballot with the signature that appears on the voter's affidavit of registration, as specified. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not compare, existing law requires that the ballot be rejected, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/23/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/04/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2530 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2530 Rodriguez By Torres — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• AB 2530 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2530 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — 53–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-13 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2014-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 5278.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-11 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4880.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
• 2014-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 6648.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 906, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a48bf60-0af9-4214-b79c-c3118053455d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).