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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: election worker protections."
description: "Existing law makes interfering in any manner with the officers holding an election or conducting a canvass or with a voter lawfully exercising their right of voting at an election, in order to prevent the election or canvass from being fairly held and lawfully conducted, a crime punishable by imprisonment for 16 months or 2 or 3 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "California SB 485 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "election worker protections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 38
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c09ea39b-4968-4c07-9aa0-6737f7e9c244"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485"
source_hash: "2702284e3b855efa2e6e25ade200afe8e4dddb2fc43786bbecf8de1b0a0e3c64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 485 (20232024) — Elections: election worker protections.
Existing law makes interfering in any manner with the officers holding an election or conducting a canvass or with a voter lawfully exercising their right of voting at an election, in order to prevent the election or canvass from being fairly held and lawfully conducted, a crime punishable by imprisonment for 16 months or 2 or 3 years.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48599INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48598AMD)
3. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48597AMD)
4. **04/19/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48596AMD)
5. **05/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48595AMD)
6. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48594AMD)
7. **07/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48593AMD)
8. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48592AMD)
9. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48591AMD)
10. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48589CHP)
11. **SB485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485)
12. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB485&version=20230SB48590ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 485 Becker Senate Third Reading By Pellerin — **63–10** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB485 Becker Concurrence — **33–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Becker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 571.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 853.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2023-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-16** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1172.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1346.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 3289.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-12** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2683.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-13** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2770.) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 7. Page 2838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 611, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c09ea39b-4968-4c07-9aa0-6737f7e9c244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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