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Bill	Elections: polling places: college and university campuses.	Existing law requires the Secretary of State to annually provide every high school, community college, and California State University and University of California campus with voter registration forms. Existing law also expresses the intent of the Legislature that every eligible high school and college student receive a meaningful opportunity to register to vote.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 59	California AB 59 (20192020)	bill	Elections: polling places: college and university campuses.	enacted	Kalra	9	32	8	2018-12-03	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/dbd571df-fa7f-4881-9273-4796ade7ee85	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB59	1aa5d2b8d98c08a72732785c630f262c73c533500598b6f1776093ff8721c073	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 59 (20192020) — Elections: polling places: college and university campuses.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to annually provide every high school, community college, and California State University and University of California campus with voter registration forms. Existing law also expresses the intent of the Legislature that every eligible high school and college student receive a meaningful opportunity to register to vote.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB59 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB59 Kalra et al. By Umberg — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 59 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–11 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 59 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 63–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — principal 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.
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 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
• 2019-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (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
• 2019-05-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-05-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
• 2019-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 1727.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-20 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-25 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2707.). 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 65. Noes 11. Page 3291.). 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 554, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbd571df-fa7f-4881-9273-4796ade7ee85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).