republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-44.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: statewide recounts."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to adopt regulations relating to the use of voting systems in recounting ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 44"
citation: "California AB 44 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: statewide recounts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f179099-05c9-47ba-8743-c8697c58f800"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44"
source_hash: "5320e1712b30f553fa1dd19c68583d886e6a7ca0fbbf70e1cce111008141823c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4499INT)
2. **04/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4498AMD)
3. **04/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4497AMD)
4. **06/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4496AMD)
5. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4495AMD)
6. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4493CHP)
7. **AB44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44)
8. **09/11/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB44&version=20150AB4494ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f179099-05c9-47ba-8743-c8697c58f800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).