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Bill Elections: vote by mail ballots. Existing law required county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election. Existing law, for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, also required 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 SB 29 California SB 29 (20212022)
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California SB 29 (20212022) — Elections: vote by mail ballots.

Existing law required county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election. Existing law, for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, also required 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. 01/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 02/19/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB29 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 02/17/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • SB 29 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Berman — 5515 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 61 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 42 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading SB29 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause — 297 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Umberg — primary (person)
  • Berman — principal coauthor (person)
  • Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
  • Newman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
  • 2021-01-11 Set for hearing January 14.
  • 2021-01-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 72.) (January 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-01-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-19 Set for hearing January 21.
  • 2021-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 95.) (January 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-01-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-01-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 119.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-01-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2021-02-01 Pursuant to Assembly Rule 51.
  • 2021-02-01 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2021-02-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (February 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-02-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 332.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-02-17 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
  • 2021-02-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-02-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f98235fe-3cc9-4016-944f-5eb95b71cbca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).