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Bill	Voting: marked ballots.	Existing law prohibits a voter from showing his or her ballot to any person after it is marked in such a way as to reveal its contents. Existing law provides that a person who interferes or attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting is guilty of a felony, and authorizes the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, or a local elections official to bring an action to impose additional civil penalties for committing those acts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1494	California AB 1494 (20152016)	bill	Voting: marked ballots.	enacted	Levine	12	39	7	2015-02-27	2016-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/dbfcf461-06fa-4e85-b277-5cb767b20216	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1494	da0f2f0fd1fbe5a82ac26c84b967df355370b4f58a7f632730579f1c33772d4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1494 (20152016) — Voting: marked ballots.

Existing law prohibits a voter from showing his or her ballot to any person after it is marked in such a way as to reveal its contents. Existing law provides that a person who interferes or attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting is guilty of a felony, and authorizes the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, or a local elections official to bring an action to impose additional civil penalties for committing those acts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/14/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/26/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/08/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB1494 (committee substitute) — source
12. 08/23/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1494 Levine By Anderson — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 1494 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 51–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 1494 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–15 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1494 Levine By Anderson — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Gallagher — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• McGuire — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 In committee: Set, second hearing. Held without recommendation.
• 2016-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2016-01-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 3503.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2016-05-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-05-26 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
• 2016-06-01 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
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4724.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-04 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2016-08-04 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2016-08-08 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2016-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 4975.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 6026.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 813, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbfcf461-06fa-4e85-b277-5cb767b20216. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).