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Bill	Elections: ballot mistakes.	Existing law makes the Secretary of State the chief elections officer of the state and authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to ensure the uniform application and administration of state election laws.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1072	California AB 1072 (20252026)	bill	Elections ballotmistakes	enacted	Pellerin	4	20	7	2025-02-20	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b41d0130-4364-450b-8e7c-fe06da3e47fc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1072	5e3c653c5eb820f14689e886167aa5912eafc63586ebb0a761e0fd222c82f4cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1072 (20252026) — Elections: ballot mistakes.

Existing law makes the Secretary of State the chief elections officer of the state and authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to ensure the uniform application and administration of state election laws.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1072 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1072 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pellerin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1387.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2523.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 289, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b41d0130-4364-450b-8e7c-fe06da3e47fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).