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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election process: public observation: international election observers."
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description: "Existing law generally permits the public to observe the election process. Existing law requires the precinct board member to conduct certain election day procedures in the presence of all persons assembled at the polling place. Existing law requires the semifinal official canvass and official canvass to be open to the public. Existing law requires the processing of vote by mail ballot return envelopes and the processing and counting of vote by mail ballots to be open to the public. Existing law requires a recount to be conducted publicly. Existing law permits interested persons to participate in a public review and public hearing process for the certification or conditional approval of a ballot marking system."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2021"
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citation: "California AB 2021 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Election process: public observation: international election observers."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2016-02-16"
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last_action: "2016-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68107dff-4276-48cc-8842-f15bd6962123"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2021"
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source_hash: "ad9d6ea85dee8ed848e6bf908d457edc62a77c5409506c2ede3ed3de03600493"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2021 (20152016) — Election process: public observation: international election observers.
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Existing law generally permits the public to observe the election process. Existing law requires the precinct board member to conduct certain election day procedures in the presence of all persons assembled at the polling place. Existing law requires the semifinal official canvass and official canvass to be open to the public. Existing law requires the processing of vote by mail ballot return envelopes and the processing and counting of vote by mail ballots to be open to the public. Existing law requires a recount to be conducted publicly. Existing law permits interested persons to participate in a public review and public hearing process for the certification or conditional approval of a ballot marking system.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2021&version=20150AB202199INT)
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2. **03/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2021&version=20150AB202198AMD)
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3. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2021&version=20150AB202196CHP)
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4. **AB2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2021)
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5. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2021&version=20150AB202197ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2021 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — **55–22** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2021 Ridley-Thomas By Liu — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** 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`
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- **2016-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 4678.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5241.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 822, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68107dff-4276-48cc-8842-f15bd6962123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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