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Bill	Voting: felons.	The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the disqualification of electors while mentally incompetent or imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony. Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2466	California AB 2466 (20152016)	bill	Voting: felons.	enacted	Weber	6	21	5	2016-02-19	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/841c2f0c-a485-43b2-a904-2340d38276be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2466	847a9ed5b73a9d750a859642f84f454f7936f4660e87f3d5feb47ecd0f7415fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2466 (20152016) — Voting: felons.

The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the disqualification of electors while mentally incompetent or imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony. Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/03/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2466 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 13–6 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2466 Weber By Hertzberg — 23–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2466 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — 41–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Weber — primary (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Mitchell — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 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
• 2016-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 37. Page 5009.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5012.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/841c2f0c-a485-43b2-a904-2340d38276be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).