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Bill	Elections: voter registration.	Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next registration.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1020	California AB 1020 (20152016)	bill	Elections: voter registration.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	7	23	6	2015-02-26	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/bc774c9b-a415-490e-832a-ec66ee711547	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020	a4b303ff53b4f85927df9f98ee7ecd9602901f87f0c6aac8f829730408fe6137	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1020 (20152016) — Elections: voter registration.

Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next registration.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1020 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1020 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1020 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–7 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1020 Ridley-Thomas By Allen — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1560.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2485.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-09-09 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 9). committee-passage
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 3089.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc774c9b-a415-490e-832a-ec66ee711547. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).