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Bill	November 3, 2020, statewide general election.	Existing law authorizes counties, on or after specified dates, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if, among other conditions, the county elections official provides for ballot drop-off locations and vote centers meeting minimum requirements. Vote centers are required to be open from the 10th day before the election until election day, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 423	California SB 423 (20192020)	bill	November 3 2020 statewide general election.	enacted	Umberg	8	33	7	2019-02-21	2020-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3ba2428a-170f-4c21-9d5d-67fd3f0ec3c6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB423	ccaa03c1b46b9bb2997fd06895715206da7b807c31779bd9e9c28e7d58dd14a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 423 (20192020) — November 3, 2020, statewide general election.

Existing law authorizes counties, on or after specified dates, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if, among other conditions, the county elections official provides for ballot drop-off locations and vote centers meeting minimum requirements. Vote centers are required to be open from the 10th day before the election until election day, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/27/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/27/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/06/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB423 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/06/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• SB 423 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Berman — 57–12 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB423 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 29–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)
• Berman — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2019-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 771.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2019-05-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1150.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-06-24 July 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-05-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-05-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-18 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 4914.)
• 2020-06-23 June 25 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-06-26 From committee: Amend and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage
• 2020-07-08 July 13 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-07-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-07-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 5058.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-08-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2020-08-03 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4062.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-03 Set for hearing August 4.
• 2020-08-04 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 4074.) committee-passage
• 2020-08-06 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2020-08-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 4095.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-08-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 31, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ba2428a-170f-4c21-9d5d-67fd3f0ec3c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).