Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter, to send a voter a voter notification stating that he or she is registered to vote and providing additional information. If a person under 18 years of age submits an affidavit of registration, the county elections official is required to send that person a voter preregistration notification stating that he or she is preregistered to vote and providing additional information.
Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter, to send a voter a voter notification stating that he or she is registered to vote and providing additional information. If a person under 18 years of age submits an affidavit of registration, the county elections official is required to send that person a voter preregistration notification stating that he or she is preregistered to vote and providing additional information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 4 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Waldron — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-03-29 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
2017-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1015.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-06-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1487.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-06-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2017-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 29, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04b7ba68-7e81-4581-97b9-81919d971b36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).