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Bill Elections: vote by mail ballots. Existing law requires county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for all elections proclaimed or conducted prior to January 1, 2022. Existing law requires county elections officials to use a specified Secretary of State vote by mail tracking system or a system that meets the same specifications. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 37 California AB 37 (20212022)
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California AB 37 (20212022) — Elections: vote by mail ballots.

Existing law requires county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for all elections proclaimed or conducted prior to January 1, 2022. Existing law requires county elections officials to use a specified Secretary of State vote by mail tracking system or a system that meets the same specifications.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/07/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/14/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/27/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB37 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/08/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 61 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB37 Berman et al. By Umberg — 307 (pass) · upper
  • AB 37 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 6017 (pass) · lower
  • AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading Amend By SEYARTO Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — 5619 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended — 52 (pass) · upper
  • AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 5916 (pass) · lower
  • AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading Amend By GALLAGHER Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — 5418 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 124 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Berman — primary (person)
  • Allen — principal coauthor (person)
  • Bennett — coauthor (person)
  • Cervantes — author (person)
  • Kalra — coauthor (person)
  • Lorena Gonzalez — author (person)
  • Mayes — coauthor (person)
  • Mullin — coauthor (person)
  • Newman — coauthor (person)
  • Quirk — coauthor (person)
  • Umberg — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07 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
  • 2021-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-15 Coauthors revised.
  • 2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2021-05-20 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
  • 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 1592.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
  • 2021-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2021-07-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2338.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2021-09-03 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 2778.)
  • 2021-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 2779.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2021-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bac5a0a-6163-4f9e-a741-4dad3bcd7b31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).