republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2540.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State facilities and public buildings: vote centers and polling places."
description: "Existing law, the California Voter's Choice Act, authorizes certain counties to conduct any election, after a specified date, as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are satisfied, including conditions related to ballot dropoff locations, vote centers, and plans for the administration of all-mailed ballot elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2540"
citation: "California AB 2540 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State facilities and public buildings: vote centers and polling places."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5360f00-5f7c-43ed-aca1-d4dcfd33abe8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540"
source_hash: "338fe635b95be433594c2d25968240eede58ba5a246743eb7da402b778671613"
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 2540 (20172018) — State facilities and public buildings: vote centers and polling places.

Existing law, the California Voter's Choice Act, authorizes certain counties to conduct any election, after a specified date, as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are satisfied, including conditions related to ballot dropoff locations, vote centers, and plans for the administration of all-mailed ballot elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254099INT)
2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254098AMD)
3. **04/18/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254097AMD)
4. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254095CHP)
5. **AB2540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540)
6. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2540&version=20170AB254096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2540 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2540 Mullin By Allen — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** 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`
- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-18** 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`
- **2018-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5514.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5802.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 343, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5360f00-5f7c-43ed-aca1-d4dcfd33abe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).