republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1013.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote accessible vote by mail system."
description: "Existing law permits a person, corporation, or public agency to apply to the Secretary of State for certification or conditional approval of a remote accessible vote by mail system. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to examine and certify remote accessible vote by mail systems, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1013"
citation: "California AB 1013 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Remote accessible vote by mail system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89db2e19-24d1-48a7-9c56-7c7cdc3ebbf4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013"
source_hash: "9ce77c67b4b242374eef4ab9f2effd8b40ed5e7d8ee5dedc39200a68a894ad4f"
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 1013 (20172018) — Remote accessible vote by mail system.

Existing law permits a person, corporation, or public agency to apply to the Secretary of State for certification or conditional approval of a remote accessible vote by mail system. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to examine and certify remote accessible vote by mail systems, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013&version=20170AB101399INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013&version=20170AB101398AMD)
3. **04/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013&version=20170AB101397AMD)
4. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013&version=20170AB101395CHP)
5. **AB1013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013)
6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1013&version=20170AB101396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1013 Low By Chang — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1013 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-01-03** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3868.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5821.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6827.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 906, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89db2e19-24d1-48a7-9c56-7c7cdc3ebbf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).