Elections: vote by mail ballot drop-off locations.
Existing law requires an elections official to mail a ballot to every registered voter for any election. Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are met, and requires a county elections official conducting an all-mailed ballot election to consider locating a vote center on a public or private university or college campus. Existing law requires a county that does not conduct an all-mailed ballot to provide a specified number of vote by mail ballot drop-off locations based on the population of the county.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2815
California AB 2815 (20212022)
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Elections: vote by mail ballot drop-off locations.
California AB 2815 (20212022) — Elections: vote by mail ballot drop-off locations.
Existing law requires an elections official to mail a ballot to every registered voter for any election. Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are met, and requires a county elections official conducting an all-mailed ballot election to consider locating a vote center on a public or private university or college campus. Existing law requires a county that does not conduct an all-mailed ballot to provide a specified number of vote by mail ballot drop-off locations based on the population of the county.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
2022-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 14. Page 4872.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 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
2022-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5138.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-09-06 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 553, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a782c40-c4d2-4a69-b822-ad0c14984607. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).