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Bill Elections: signature verification and results. Existing law requires an elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with either the signature appearing on the voter's affidavit or other signature appearing on a form that is part of the voter's registration record. Existing law prohibits an elections official from reviewing or considering a voter's party preference, race, or ethnicity when comparing signatures. Existing law requires an elections official, if it is determined that the signatures do not compare, to notify the voter of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature, as specified. Existing law prohibits an elections official from rejecting a vote by mail ballot with signatures that do not compare if the voter delivers a signature verification statement and the signature on the verification statement compares with the signature on file in the voter's record. Existing law prohibits an elections official from rejecting a vote by mail ballot with an unsigned identification envelope if, no later than 5 p.m. two days prior to the election, the voter signs the envelope at the office of the elections official or completes and submits an unsigned identification envelope statement, as specified. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 3 California SB 3 (20252026)
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California SB 3 (20252026) — Elections: signature verification and results.

Existing law requires an elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with either the signature appearing on the voter's affidavit or other signature appearing on a form that is part of the voter's registration record. Existing law prohibits an elections official from reviewing or considering a voter's party preference, race, or ethnicity when comparing signatures. Existing law requires an elections official, if it is determined that the signatures do not compare, to notify the voter of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature, as specified. Existing law prohibits an elections official from rejecting a vote by mail ballot with signatures that do not compare if the voter delivers a signature verification statement and the signature on the verification statement compares with the signature on file in the voter's record. Existing law prohibits an elections official from rejecting a vote by mail ballot with an unsigned identification envelope if, no later than 5 p.m. two days prior to the election, the voter signs the envelope at the office of the elections official or completes and submits an unsigned identification envelope statement, as specified.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 03/13/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 04/21/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 05/06/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  10. SB3 (committee substitute) — source
  11. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB3 Cervantes et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
  • SB 3 Cervantes Senate Third Reading By Berman — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cervantes — primary (person)
  • Berman — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-12-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2024-12-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
  • 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 29.
  • 2025-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 933.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
  • 2025-05-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1186.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1521.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-16 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2988.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2825.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 307, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bcd15d3-8f38-4374-a09b-37bfd9b7bcf9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).

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