Elections: remote accessible vote by mail systems.
Existing law regulates the voting procedures for military or overseas voters and provides that a military or overseas voter has the right to register for, and to vote by a vote by mail ballot in, any election within the state. Existing law defines a "ballot marking system" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a military or overseas voter.
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California Legislature
20152016
AB 2252
California AB 2252 (20152016)
bill
Elections: remote accessible vote by mail systems.
California AB 2252 (20152016) — Elections: remote accessible vote by mail systems.
Existing law regulates the voting procedures for military or overseas voters and provides that a military or overseas voter has the right to register for, and to vote by a vote by mail ballot in, any election within the state. Existing law defines a "ballot marking system" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a military or overseas voter.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2252 TING Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ting — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2016-04-05 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
2016-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2016-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4500.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-25 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
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4648.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/930723da-0091-40c0-ac05-7c1e47cadf4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).