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Bill	Elections: all-mailed ballot elections: pilot project.	Until December 31, 2017, existing law, as a pilot program, authorizes elections in San Mateo County and Yolo County, other than statewide primary or general elections, or special elections to fill a vacancy in a state office, the Legislature, or Congress, to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied. If San Mateo County or Yolo County conducts an all-mailed ballot election, existing law requires the county to report to the Legislature and the Secretary of State, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1504	California AB 1504 (20152016)	bill	Elections: all-mailed ballot elections: pilot project.	enacted	Alejo	9	26	5	2015-02-27	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/eeb694e7-3a73-43ff-b530-62cf00b54d62	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1504	cc6a78d7820e41cdb2f7684cdc3dd4b7ea5cb32d3635f649d975959cf284095e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1504 (20152016) — Elections: all-mailed ballot elections: pilot project.

Until December 31, 2017, existing law, as a pilot program, authorizes elections in San Mateo County and Yolo County, other than statewide primary or general elections, or special elections to fill a vacancy in a state office, the Legislature, or Congress, to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied. If San Mateo County or Yolo County conducts an all-mailed ballot election, existing law requires the county to report to the Legislature and the Secretary of State, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/01/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1504 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/11/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1504 Alejo By Cannella — 32–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 1504 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 53–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1504 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)
• Cannella — coauthor (person)
• Cooley — coauthor (person)
• Cooper — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Monning — 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 Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 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
• 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (May 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1685.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 1840.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2589.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-09 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 28. Page 2990.)
• 2015-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 3024.). 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 730, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eeb694e7-3a73-43ff-b530-62cf00b54d62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).