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Bill	Early voting: satellite locations.	Existing law requires an elections official, no later than 29 days before the day of an election, to begin mailing vote by mail ballots to registered voters. Existing law permits a voter using a vote by mail ballot to vote the ballot at the office of the elections official, including satellite locations, before the close of polls on election day. Existing law requires the elections official to provide notice of a satellite location by issuing a general news release no later than 14 days before voting at the satellite location may occur. Existing law requires a vote by mail ballot voted at a satellite location pursuant to the above provisions to be placed in a vote by mail voter identification envelope for processing, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1249	California AB 1249 (20252026)	bill	Earlyvoting satellitelocations	enacted	Wilson	8	27	8	2025-02-21	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/accd4fcc-b208-4c85-98bf-4e201b35f8bd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1249	c2e1bfe4a4225240824477f21ffc1fc748cb25ce0391ff6c60ba6953d1b2d182	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1249 (20252026) — Early voting: satellite locations.

Existing law requires an elections official, no later than 29 days before the day of an election, to begin mailing vote by mail ballots to registered voters. Existing law permits a voter using a vote by mail ballot to vote the ballot at the office of the elections official, including satellite locations, before the close of polls on election day. Existing law requires the elections official to provide notice of a satellite location by issuing a general news release no later than 14 days before voting at the satellite location may occur. Existing law requires a vote by mail ballot voted at a satellite location pursuant to the above provisions to be placed in a vote by mail voter identification envelope for processing, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/29/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1249 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1249 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 60–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1249 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–18 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1249 Wilson By Limón — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1789.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 2060.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2659.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3247.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 296, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/accd4fcc-b208-4c85-98bf-4e201b35f8bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).