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Bill Elections: vote by mail voting and mail ballot elections. Existing law requires all vote by mail ballots to be voted on or before the day of the election and requires the vote by mail voter to return the ballot by mail or in person, as specified, to the elections official who issued the ballot. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 SB 450 California SB 450 (20152016)
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California SB 450 (20152016) — Elections: vote by mail voting and mail ballot elections.

Existing law requires all vote by mail ballots to be voted on or before the day of the election and requires the vote by mail voter to return the ballot by mail or in person, as specified, to the elections official who issued the ballot.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/21/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. SB450 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 146 (pass) · lower
  • SB 450 Allen Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — 4731 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 52 (pass) · lower
  • That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB450 Allen Concurrence — 2711 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 360 (pass) · upper
  • SB 450 Allen Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ Amendment Set #1 — 5126 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Allen — primary (person)
  • Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
  • Hertzberg — author (person)
  • Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
  • Nazarian — principal coauthor (person)
  • Weber — principal coauthor (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.
  • 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. 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 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 994.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-05-14 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2015-06-15 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.
  • 2015-07-07 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
  • 2015-07-14 July 15 hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2016-06-21 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
  • 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 5867.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 6118.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2016-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2016-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
  • 2016-08-24 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5326.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, committee-passage
  • 2016-08-25 Set for hearing August 25.
  • 2016-08-25 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 5437.) committee-passage
  • 2016-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5475.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
  • 2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 832, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4474e5f4-f8d5-40af-b4b2-0ec4843e0e6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).