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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vote by mail ballots: identification envelopes: prepaid postage."
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description: "Existing law provides for the procedures by which a voter may apply for and receive a vote by mail ballot. Existing law requires the elections official to deliver to each qualified applicant the ballot for the precinct in which the applicant resides and all supplies necessary for the use and return of the ballot. Existing law prescribes the contents of an identification envelope and requires a voter to return his or her vote by mail ballot in the identification envelope, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 216"
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citation: "California AB 216 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vote by mail ballots: identification envelopes: prepaid postage."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Fletcher"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-24"
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last_action: "2018-07-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea88f51d-3a59-492a-b68f-b6a4c6715b23"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB216"
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source_hash: "eb6bbdd75da46dd3fa463b9e17d88bc116d177309aa32eeeb1caace7f2c38194"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 216 (20172018) — Vote by mail ballots: identification envelopes: prepaid postage.
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Existing law provides for the procedures by which a voter may apply for and receive a vote by mail ballot. Existing law requires the elections official to deliver to each qualified applicant the ballot for the precinct in which the applicant resides and all supplies necessary for the use and return of the ballot. Existing law prescribes the contents of an identification envelope and requires a voter to return his or her vote by mail ballot in the identification envelope, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/24/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB216&version=20170AB21699INT)
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2. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB216&version=20170AB21696CHP)
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3. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB216&version=20170AB21698AMD)
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4. **AB216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB216)
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5. **07/03/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB216&version=20170AB21697ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 216 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB216 Gonzalez Fletcher By Lara — **29–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Chu — coauthor (person)
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- Cooper — coauthor (person)
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- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Gray — principal coauthor (person)
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- Holden — coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Low — author (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Mullin — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
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- **2017-02-06** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1904.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-15** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Monning.
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- **2018-05-25** From inactive file.
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- **2018-05-25** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4825.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2018-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 6057.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:15 a.m.
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- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 120, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea88f51d-3a59-492a-b68f-b6a4c6715b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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