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Bill	California Voting for All Act.	(1) In counties where the Secretary of State has determined that it is appropriate, existing law requires each precinct board to post, in a conspicuous location in the polling place, at least one facsimile copy of the ballot with the ballot measures and ballot instructions printed in Spanish. Existing law requires that facsimile ballots be printed in other languages and posted in the same manner if a significant and substantial need is found by the Secretary of State.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 918	California AB 918 (20172018)	bill	California Voting for All Act.	enacted	Bonta	10	32	7	2017-02-16	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/993d0c9c-52e5-4bd7-9f16-97de4068f016	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB918	13e03ef6ea457826bb67a7d46d45facfb50db2539be54dd382c30719eef4495d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 918 (20172018) — California Voting for All Act.

(1) In counties where the Secretary of State has determined that it is appropriate, existing law requires each precinct board to post, in a conspicuous location in the polling place, at least one facsimile copy of the ballot with the ballot measures and ballot instructions printed in Spanish. Existing law requires that facsimile ballots be printed in other languages and posted in the same manner if a significant and substantial need is found by the Secretary of State.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/06/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB918 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 918 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–12 (pass) · lower
• AB 918 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 61–11 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB918 Bonta et al. By Lara — 31–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gomez — author (person)
• Holden — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Leyva — coauthor (person)
• Mendoza — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-02 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 1964.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2017-07-06 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
• 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 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-08-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-28 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2754.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 3377.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 845, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/993d0c9c-52e5-4bd7-9f16-97de4068f016. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).