Existing law requires an elections official, during the official canvass of an election in which a voting system is used, to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots cast in 1% of the precincts chosen at random by the elections official, as specified. Existing law, operative until January 1, 2021, authorizes the use of risk-limiting audits in lieu of this 1% manual tally beginning with the March 3, 2020, statewide primary election. Under this law, a participating county is required to perform a partial risk-limiting audit of each cross-jurisdictional contest.
California AB 2400 (20192020) — Election results: risk-limiting audits.
Existing law requires an elections official, during the official canvass of an election in which a voting system is used, to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots cast in 1% of the precincts chosen at random by the elections official, as specified. Existing law, operative until January 1, 2021, authorizes the use of risk-limiting audits in lieu of this 1% manual tally beginning with the March 3, 2020, statewide primary election. Under this law, a participating county is required to perform a partial risk-limiting audit of each cross-jurisdictional contest.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2400 Quirk Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2020-02-24 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2020-03-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-06-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4800.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2020-08-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4292.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2020-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2020-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 33, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00324263-f429-4d5d-a1a5-92aaca231831. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).