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Bill	Elections: ballots and the Green Party.	(1) Upon receipt of a vote by mail ballot and to determine if the signatures compare, existing law requires an elections official to compare the signature on the identification envelope with either (A) the signature appearing on the voter's affidavit of registration or a previous affidavit of registration of the voter, or (B) the signature appearing on a form issued by an elections official that contains the voter's signature, that is part of the voter's registration record, and that the elections official has determined compares with the signature on the voter's affidavit of registration or a previous affidavit of registration of the voter. If the signatures do not compare, existing law requires the identification envelope to not be opened, the ballot to not be counted, and the cause of the rejection to be written on the face of the identification envelope.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 477	California AB 477 (20152016)	bill	Elections: ballots and the Green Party.	enacted	Mullin	8	28	9	2015-02-23	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/66b81e66-da80-406f-90cf-7ac5ef4e0380	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB477	5951b6dd704f04c82361bd78a954c7f1f46d169586df5d429356fd975755c3eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 477 (20152016) — Elections: ballots and the Green Party.

(1) Upon receipt of a vote by mail ballot and to determine if the signatures compare, existing law requires an elections official to compare the signature on the identification envelope with either (A) the signature appearing on the voter's affidavit of registration or a previous affidavit of registration of the voter, or (B) the signature appearing on a form issued by an elections official that contains the voter's signature, that is part of the voter's registration record, and that the elections official has determined compares with the signature on the voter's affidavit of registration or a previous affidavit of registration of the voter. If the signatures do not compare, existing law requires the identification envelope to not be opened, the ballot to not be counted, and the cause of the rejection to be written on the face of the identification envelope.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB477 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 477 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — 50–29 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 477 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–30 (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
• 3rd Reading AB477 Mullin By Allen — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 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
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 1430.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-07-01 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
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). 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
• 2015-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2484.). 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 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-09-09 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 9). committee-passage
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 30. Page 3086.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66b81e66-da80-406f-90cf-7ac5ef4e0380. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).