republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-545.md

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Bill	Elections: access for voters with disabilities.	(1) Existing law requires elections officials to furnish each polling place with specified supplies for an election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 545	California AB 545 (20232024)	bill	Elections access for voters with disabilities	enacted	Pellerin	5	20	7	2023-02-08	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/4de01ff6-1a5c-4ef8-9688-592ef18d1635	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB545	da4641e198ce101d1c3a498d92929653f2c04c7da30d647357aaeec3582d3fb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 545 (20232024) — Elections: access for voters with disabilities.

(1) Existing law requires elections officials to furnish each polling place with specified supplies for an election.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/22/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB545 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 545 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — 67–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pellerin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1684.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 2055.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2432.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 658, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4de01ff6-1a5c-4ef8-9688-592ef18d1635. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).