State voter information guide: vote by mail and provisional ballot verification.
Existing law requires that the vote by mail ballot be available to any registered voter and that the Secretary of State prepare and distribute to appropriate elections officials uniform printed and electronic applications for vote by mail ballots. Existing law requires that each ballot delivered to a qualified applicant be accompanied by a state voter information guide, unless the voter has already been provided a state voter information guide.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 1044
California AB 1044 (20172018)
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State voter information guide: vote by mail and provisional ballot verification.
California AB 1044 (20172018) — State voter information guide: vote by mail and provisional ballot verification.
Existing law requires that the vote by mail ballot be available to any registered voter and that the Secretary of State prepare and distribute to appropriate elections officials uniform printed and electronic applications for vote by mail ballots. Existing law requires that each ballot delivered to a qualified applicant be accompanied by a state voter information guide, unless the voter has already been provided a state voter information guide.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1044 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1044 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk — 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.
2017-03-06 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1393.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1843.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:40 p.m.
2017-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 85, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c54d12ba-75d7-4104-b7a6-4afbdf007b0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).