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Bill	Elections: elections officials.	Existing law requires elections officials, at least 14 days before an election, to prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials who are fluent in a non-English language and in English were appointed, and the language or languages other than English in which the officials will provide assistance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1631	California AB 1631 (20212022)	bill	Elections: elections officials.	enacted	Cervantes	6	24	7	2022-01-11	2022-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/db45373c-bc74-4b41-8423-5b1d820e555d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631	00c1e990d1d3592f4ee2432ca8552919f046cf1124c1ca33ae92a834563e5314	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1631 (20212022) — Elections: elections officials.

Existing law requires elections officials, at least 14 days before an election, to prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials who are fluent in a non-English language and in English were appointed, and the language or languages other than English in which the officials will provide assistance.

Version chain

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

1. 01/11/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1631 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1631 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1631 Cervantes By Gonzalez — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cervantes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-01-12 From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4957.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-27 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2022-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db45373c-bc74-4b41-8423-5b1d820e555d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).