republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-439.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election procedures."
description: "(1) Existing law permits a county elections official to offer conditional voter registration and provisional voting on election day at satellite offices of the county elections office, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "California SB 439 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce5acaa-50e1-4375-9cb8-e4b2c9f83c7d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439"
source_hash: "253f9b0e9e02ac21aef98df39a885c1ea62a42279b948a09b2a8766dbf1bf5ef"
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 SB 439 (20152016) — Election procedures.

(1) Existing law permits a county elections official to offer conditional voter registration and provisional voting on election day at satellite offices of the county elections office, 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43999INT)
2. **04/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43998AMD)
3. **06/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43997AMD)
4. **08/31/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43996AMD)
5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43994CHP)
6. **SB439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439)
7. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB439&version=20150SB43995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB439 Allen Concurrence — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 439 Allen Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 723.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2015-05-04** May 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-05-05** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 1023.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2856.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2497.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 734, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce5acaa-50e1-4375-9cb8-e4b2c9f83c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).