republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-299.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Vote by mail ballot tracking.	Existing law requires that the vote by mail ballot be made available to any registered voter. Existing law requires a county elections official to establish a free access system that allows a vote by mail voter to learn if the voter's vote by mail ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why the ballot was not counted.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 299	California AB 299 (20192020)	bill	Vote by mail ballot tracking.	enacted	Salas	5	27	5	2019-01-28	2019-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6b421db3-db5d-4bb4-9a43-c5fed2e7f341	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB299	40a9b270dbf2aad2a88432fbcf34e5ba2eb17bcd8c15dd8e963a72ba580d8ffb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 299 (20192020) — Vote by mail ballot tracking.

Existing law requires that the vote by mail ballot be made available to any registered voter. Existing law requires a county elections official to establish a free access system that allows a vote by mail voter to learn if the voter's vote by mail ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why the ballot was not counted.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/05/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB299 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar AB299 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 299 Salas Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Salas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
• 2019-02-07 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-14 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-03-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 918.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-03-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1876.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2019-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-07-11 Action rescinded whereby bill was ordered to enrollment and whereby the bill was enrolled and presented to the Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-11 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
• 2019-07-11 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2019-08-12 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2019-08-22 Ordered to the Assembly.
• 2019-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b421db3-db5d-4bb4-9a43-c5fed2e7f341. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).