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Bill	Disqualification from voting.	Existing law requires a county elections official to cancel a person's voter registration in certain circumstances, including when a person is deemed mentally incompetent, upon proof that the person is presently imprisoned for conviction of a felony, and when a person fails to respond to an address verification mailed by the elections official and does not attempt to vote at the next two federal general elections. Existing law also sets forth criteria and procedures for a person's right to vote to be restored.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2841	California AB 2841 (20212022)	bill	Disqualification from voting.	enacted	Low	7	26	9	2022-02-18	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/c7a36f69-ddad-4c4d-99f7-acf563ead78e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2841	f01ed29a52e103b02b26bf16abdb1dcc119f4b64bfa33eded49dddefd4678fd0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2841 (20212022) — Disqualification from voting.

Existing law requires a county elections official to cancel a person's voter registration in certain circumstances, including when a person is deemed mentally incompetent, upon proof that the person is presently imprisoned for conviction of a felony, and when a person fails to respond to an address verification mailed by the elections official and does not attempt to vote at the next two federal general elections. Existing law also sets forth criteria and procedures for a person's right to vote to be restored.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2841 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2841 Low et al. By Newman — 29–9 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2841 Low Assembly Third Reading — 56–17 (pass) · lower
• AB 2841 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)
• Becker — coauthor (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.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 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
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 5004.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). 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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5178.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 807, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7a36f69-ddad-4c4d-99f7-acf563ead78e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).