Existing law describes the domicile of a person for voting purposes as that place in which the person's habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. Existing law provides that the place where a person's family is domiciled is the person's domicile, except as specified. Existing law provides that if a person has a family fixed in one place, and the person does business in another place, the former is the person's place of domicile. However, if the person having a family fixed in one place has taken up an abode in another place with the intention of remaining and the person's family does not so reside with the person, that other abode is the person's domicile.
California AB 679 (20192020) — Voter qualifications: residence and domicile.
Existing law describes the domicile of a person for voting purposes as that place in which the person's habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. Existing law provides that the place where a person's family is domiciled is the person's domicile, except as specified. Existing law provides that if a person has a family fixed in one place, and the person does business in another place, the former is the person's place of domicile. However, if the person having a family fixed in one place has taken up an abode in another place with the intention of remaining and the person's family does not so reside with the person, that other abode is the person's domicile.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 679 Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gonzalez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2019-03-26 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
2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. 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 1587.) 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
2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 1817.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58e4b09d-f5cc-4d0f-af01-e9d8e5f42654. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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