republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1250.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting: domicile."
description: "Existing law defines \"residence\" for voting purposes as a person's domicile. Existing law describes the domicile of a person as that place in which his or her habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever he or she is absent, the person has the intention of returning. Existing law describes the residence of a person as that place in which the person's habitation is fixed for some period of time, but wherein he or she does not have the intention of remaining. Existing law provides that a person may have only one domicile at a given time, but may have more than one residence. Existing law also provides that, for purposes of determining the domicile of a Member of the Legislature or a Representative in the Congress of the United States, the residence address indicated on that person's currently filed affidavit of voter registration is conclusively presumed to be that person's domicile."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1250"
citation: "California SB 1250 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting: domicile."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86164635-8637-4399-8754-b20ac4fe07b4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250"
source_hash: "97973fee5c3b8e29e60e79cedb05cf4d4e4c0fef00bd2b30db08c910991f1475"
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 SB 1250 (20172018) — Voting: domicile.

Existing law defines "residence" for voting purposes as a person's domicile. Existing law describes the domicile of a person as that place in which his or her habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever he or she is absent, the person has the intention of returning. Existing law describes the residence of a person as that place in which the person's habitation is fixed for some period of time, but wherein he or she does not have the intention of remaining. Existing law provides that a person may have only one domicile at a given time, but may have more than one residence. Existing law also provides that, for purposes of determining the domicile of a Member of the Legislature or a Representative in the Congress of the United States, the residence address indicated on that person's currently filed affidavit of voter registration is conclusively presumed to be that person's domicile.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250&version=20170SB125099INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250&version=20170SB125098AMD)
3. **05/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250&version=20170SB125097AMD)
4. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250&version=20170SB125095CHP)
5. **SB1250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250)
6. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1250&version=20170SB125096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1250 Bradford et al. — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 1250 Bradford Senate Third Reading By BURKE — **66–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4904.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 5086.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 6953.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 911, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86164635-8637-4399-8754-b20ac4fe07b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).