republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-683.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee.	Existing law, the Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Act of 1989, requires the Secretary of State to establish a Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Board and prescribes the composition of the board, as specified. Under existing law the board is required to, among other things, make recommendations to the Secretary of State for improving the availability and accessibility of ballot pamphlet audio recordings and their delivery to visually impaired voters. Existing law also requires the Secretary of State to make available the complete state ballot pamphlet over the Internet, which is required to include specified information. Existing law further authorizes county and city elections officials to establish procedures designed to permit a voter to opt out of receiving his or her sample ballot, voter pamphlet, notice of polling place, and associated materials by mail, and instead obtain them electronically via email or by accessing them on the county's or city's Internet Web site, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 683	California AB 683 (20152016)	bill	Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee.	enacted	Low	7	26	7	2015-02-25	2015-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5ad8b626-9f60-4e4d-b65c-3ba8467c704b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB683	2f99867b3116c2bfb91a40d4429a1f083c66eeac1cd7a4c0fff4048419de7bb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 683 (20152016) — Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee.

Existing law, the Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Act of 1989, requires the Secretary of State to establish a Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Board and prescribes the composition of the board, as specified. Under existing law the board is required to, among other things, make recommendations to the Secretary of State for improving the availability and accessibility of ballot pamphlet audio recordings and their delivery to visually impaired voters. Existing law also requires the Secretary of State to make available the complete state ballot pamphlet over the Internet, which is required to include specified information. Existing law further authorizes county and city elections officials to establish procedures designed to permit a voter to opt out of receiving his or her sample ballot, voter pamphlet, notice of polling place, and associated materials by mail, and instead obtain them electronically via email or by accessing them on the county's or city's Internet Web site, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB683 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB683 Low By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 683 LOW Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 683 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 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
• 2015-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-04-13 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1594.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 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 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2292.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
• 2015-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2737.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 334, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ad8b626-9f60-4e4d-b65c-3ba8467c704b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).