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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.
- 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 04/07/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 07/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 07/14/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 09/27/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- AB37 (committee substitute) — source
- 09/08/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB37 Berman et al. By Umberg — 30–7 (pass) · upper
- AB 37 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–17 (pass) · lower
- AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading Amend By SEYARTO Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — 56–19 (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
- AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 59–16 (pass) · lower
- AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading Amend By GALLAGHER Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — 54–18 (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — 12–4 (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).