republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-817.md

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Bill	Elections officials.	Existing law authorizes an elections official to appoint any voter to serve as a precinct board member, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 817	California AB 817 (20132014)	bill	Elections officials.	enacted	Bonta	9	23	5	2013-02-21	2013-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/db616029-d426-437f-80b4-9293e0d852b7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB817	40521bc872add61a6b2269d4d2e017dd3881cc50194918985498e8bd09436d7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 817 (20132014) — Elections officials.

Existing law authorizes an elections official to appoint any voter to serve as a precinct board member, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/29/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/14/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/11/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/25/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB817 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/13/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB817 Bonta By Torres — 22–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 817 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 817 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 49–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-29 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
• 2013-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-05-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1517.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 1558.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-06 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-06-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-07-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 1694.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 2469.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2013-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db616029-d426-437f-80b4-9293e0d852b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).