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Bill	California Voter Protection Act of 2019.	(1) Existing law authorizes certain counties, on or after specified dates, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if, among other conditions, the county elections official permits a voter to vote a ballot at a vote center.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 49	California AB 49 (20192020)	bill	California Voter Protection Act of 2019.	enacted	Cervantes	10	31	6	2018-12-03	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d119cadd-3cef-4e07-b214-57ca2fba2723	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB49	c8cd4f9a06274525cd442763150e0b48fd5ce8c0905a9859ce5681d3a5c211ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 49 (20192020) — California Voter Protection Act of 2019.

(1) Existing law authorizes certain counties, on or after specified dates, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if, among other conditions, the county elections official permits a voter to vote a ballot at a vote center.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/22/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/20/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB49 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB49 Cervantes et al. By Durazo — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• AB 49 Cervantes Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 49 Cervantes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cervantes — primary (person)
• Arambula — author (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Gloria — author (person)
• Gonzalez — author (person)
• Limón — author (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-01-23 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1588.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2677.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3315.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d119cadd-3cef-4e07-b214-57ca2fba2723. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).