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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: voter registration: partisan primary elections."
description: "Existing law requires a county elections official to accept affidavits of registration received on or before the 15th day before an election and to accept conditional voter registration affidavits received during the 14 days immediately preceding an election and on election day. Existing law establishes procedures for a voter to change the voter's residence address by executing a new affidavit of registration or a notice or letter of the change of address, or for a voter to change the voter's political party preference by executing a new affidavit of registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "California SB 207 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voter registration: partisan primary elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurtado"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17036013-0766-4f71-a7ba-0c465e8e7cb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207"
source_hash: "2e794e94d39556e68f94669fd672776331ccf35b68250fd6c698a5ee8a8bff15"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 207 (20192020) — Elections: voter registration: partisan primary elections.
Existing law requires a county elections official to accept affidavits of registration received on or before the 15th day before an election and to accept conditional voter registration affidavits received during the 14 days immediately preceding an election and on election day. Existing law establishes procedures for a voter to change the voter's residence address by executing a new affidavit of registration or a notice or letter of the change of address, or for a voter to change the voter's political party preference by executing a new affidavit of registration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/04/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20799INT)
2. **01/07/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20794AMD)
3. **01/23/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20793AMD)
4. **02/13/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20791CHP)
5. **03/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20798AMD)
6. **04/08/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20797AMD)
7. **07/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20796AMD)
8. **08/15/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20795AMD)
9. **SB207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207)
10. **02/06/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB207&version=20190SB20792ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **135** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB207 Hurtado et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **289** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB207 Hurtado et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- SB 207 Hurtado Third Reading Urgency By Gonzalez — **6012** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hurtado — primary (person)
- Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2019-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 576.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2019-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1092.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1182.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** June 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2020-02-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 3952.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-02-06** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2020-02-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3201.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2020-02-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17036013-0766-4f71-a7ba-0c465e8e7cb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).