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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: voter registration."
description: "Existing law authorizes a person who will be 18 years of age at the time of the next election to register to vote by executing an affidavit of registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 30"
citation: "California AB 30 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voter registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-12-01"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ca83f33-8d24-4c71-bff6-4ba62b65fec1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB30"
source_hash: "f16be2ef68e0b67d5f2c34366c21013833d8c9d111f6509f6648d12e8fe8faf2"
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 AB 30 (20092010) — Elections: voter registration.
Existing law authorizes a person who will be 18 years of age at the time of the next election to register to vote by executing an affidavit of registration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/01/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB30&version=20090AB3099INT)
2. **09/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB30&version=20090AB3098AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB30&version=20090AB3096CHP)
4. **AB30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB30)
5. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB30&version=20090AB3097ENR)
## Votes
- AB 30 Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CARTER — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 30 PRICE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB30 Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Price — primary (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 29. Page 1612.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2162.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 3274.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2009.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ca83f33-8d24-4c71-bff6-4ba62b65fec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).