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Bill	Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated.	Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1344	California AB 1344 (20172018)	bill	Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated.	enacted	Weber	7	24	6	2017-02-17	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/cce02fb9-3ab4-43bc-b2b6-d16607f8806d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344	3a960113ca340a2a5481ae0a12f92039af33b512a5f2ab88096333c3ac8fa389	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1344 (20172018) — Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated.

Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/03/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/22/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/28/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1344 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 1344 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — 46–27 (pass) · lower
• AB 1344 WEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 48–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1344 Weber et al. By Hertzberg — 27–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Weber — primary (person)
• Bradford — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1659.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 1779.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2459.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 3116.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 796, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cce02fb9-3ab4-43bc-b2b6-d16607f8806d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).