Elections: voter registration information: security: campaign literature and communications.
Existing law makes an affidavit of voter registration confidential, and prohibits the use of an affidavit for a personal, private, or commercial purpose, except as specified. Existing law requires that an affidavit of voter registration with respect to a voter be provided to a candidate for federal, state, or local office, to a committee for or against an initiative or referendum measure for which publication is made, and to a person for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purposes, or for governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the release of the home address or signature of a voter whenever the person's vote is challenged, as specified.
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California Legislature
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AB 1678
California AB 1678 (20172018)
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Elections: voter registration information: security: campaign literature and communications.
California AB 1678 (20172018) — Elections: voter registration information: security: campaign literature and communications.
Existing law makes an affidavit of voter registration confidential, and prohibits the use of an affidavit for a personal, private, or commercial purpose, except as specified. Existing law requires that an affidavit of voter registration with respect to a voter be provided to a candidate for federal, state, or local office, to a committee for or against an initiative or referendum measure for which publication is made, and to a person for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purposes, or for governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the release of the home address or signature of a voter whenever the person's vote is challenged, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1678 Berman et al. By Stern Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1678 BERMAN Assembly Third Reading — 53–23 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Stern — principal 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.
2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-03-28 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
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-04-17 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
2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-05-02 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1791.) 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 E. & C.A. referral-committee
2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-11 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.
2018-03-21 From inactive file.
2018-03-21 Ordered to second reading.
2018-03-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-03-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2018-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-07 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-06-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4663.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-06-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-06-18 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2018-06-27 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). committee-passage
2018-07-02 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 6060.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-07-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:15 a.m.
2018-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 96, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96df02d5-476c-4c25-aff1-32117b1c8e0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).