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Bill	Elections: vote by mail ballots and false or misleading information.	Existing law requires county elections officials to mail a vote by mail ballot to every registered voter for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election. Existing law requires elections officials to include with the county voter information guide an application for a vote by mail ballot.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 739	California SB 739 (20192020)	bill	Elections: vote by mail ballots and false or misleading information.	enacted	Stern	9	35	8	2019-02-22	2020-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/33f286cd-bc51-4a53-b9d9-e1de344e971c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB739	3c638cc30c325fc8909369e0d065718db264c68988ff42e3b2514221039d13e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 739 (20192020) — Elections: vote by mail ballots and false or misleading information.

Existing law requires county elections officials to mail a vote by mail ballot to every registered voter for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election. Existing law requires elections officials to include with the county voter information guide an application for a vote by mail ballot.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/06/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/15/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/27/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/28/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/12/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB739 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/03/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB739 Stern et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB739 Stern et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 739 Stern Third Reading Urgency By Mullin — 72–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2020-01-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-06 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2020-01-07 Set for hearing January 14.
• 2020-01-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3087.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Set for hearing January 21.
• 2020-01-15 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
• 2020-01-21 January 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2020-01-21 Set for hearing January 23.
• 2020-01-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3142.) (January 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3153.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-01-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2020-06-29 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2020-07-08 July 13 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-07-27 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
• 2020-07-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-07-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-07-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2020-08-11 August 11 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-08-12 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
• 2020-08-18 August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-21 Coauthors revised.
• 2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 5365.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-09-01 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2020-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 109, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33f286cd-bc51-4a53-b9d9-e1de344e971c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).