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Bill	Elections: statewide recounts.	(1) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to adopt regulations relating to the use of voting systems in recounting ballots.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 44	California AB 44 (20152016)	bill	Elections: statewide recounts.	enacted	Mullin	8	26	8	2014-12-01	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3f179099-05c9-47ba-8743-c8697c58f800	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44	5320e1712b30f553fa1dd19c68583d886e6a7ca0fbbf70e1cce111008141823c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 44 (20152016) — Elections: statewide recounts.

(1) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to adopt regulations relating to the use of voting systems in recounting ballots.

Version chain

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

1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB44 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 44 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 44 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — 74–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB44 Mullin By Hertzberg — 35–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
• 2015-01-22 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 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
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 1766.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2459.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2915.)
• 2015-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 3027.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f179099-05c9-47ba-8743-c8697c58f800. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).