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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections."
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description: "(1) Existing law contains various election-related forms, some of which contain obsolete date blocks that begin with \"19__\"."
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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 3259"
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citation: "California AB 3259 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-03-21"
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last_action: "2018-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac5b63c8-0624-4fa7-b838-56bbf887707c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3259"
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source_hash: "4acc46e9b58e92de43df59f027a41331f2d4aca6215f76529f276f853b553e37"
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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 3259 (20172018) — Elections.
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(1) Existing law contains various election-related forms, some of which contain obsolete date blocks that begin with "19__".
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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. **03/21/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3259&version=20170AB325999INT)
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2. **05/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3259&version=20170AB325998AMD)
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3. **06/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3259&version=20170AB325996CHP)
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4. **AB3259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3259)
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5. **06/15/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3259&version=20170AB325997ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 3259 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day By BERMAN — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB3259 E. & R. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-22** From printer. May be heard in committee April 21.
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- **2018-04-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5258.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4664.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-14** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
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- **2018-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, 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/ac5b63c8-0624-4fa7-b838-56bbf887707c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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