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Bill	Vote by mail ballots.	Existing law requires that all vote by mail ballots cast be received by the elections official from whom they were obtained or by the precinct board no later than the close of the polls on election day or no later than 8 p.m. on election day, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2071	California AB 2071 (20152016)	bill	Vote by mail ballots.	enacted	Harper	7	25	5	2016-02-17	2016-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/78aaed37-24d9-408b-a983-aea3a8672074	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2071	0ff7254c6fb5b0af59e7a92eada035791c9273ce0a3a3df436868da6991df0e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2071 (20152016) — Vote by mail ballots.

Existing law requires that all vote by mail ballots cast be received by the elections official from whom they were obtained or by the precinct board no later than the close of the polls on election day or no later than 8 p.m. on election day, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2071 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/16/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2071 HARPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2071 HARPER Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Harper — primary (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Gallagher — coauthor (person)
• Gatto — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 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
• 2016-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2016-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-19 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-04-25 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-04-25 Ordered to second reading.
• 2016-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4589.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2016-05-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-05-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4879.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5811.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2016-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 225, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78aaed37-24d9-408b-a983-aea3a8672074. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).