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type: "Bill"
title: "Voting: polling place procedures."
description: "Existing law establishes procedures to be followed at polling places on election day. Existing law provides that a voter may not remain in or occupy a voting booth or compartment longer than is necessary to mark his or her ballot, which may not exceed either 5 or 10 minutes, as specified, but permits a voter to remain for a longer period of time if no other voter would be inconvenienced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1724"
citation: "California AB 1724 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting: polling place procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-16"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9826cfee-39a3-4b8c-810a-664afa06c8c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724"
source_hash: "6f148c14c1f5f5ac9e4458186f2fe48d9a0d7ced37bc7def476225f26cea7254"
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 1724 (20112012) — Voting: polling place procedures.
Existing law establishes procedures to be followed at polling places on election day. Existing law provides that a voter may not remain in or occupy a voting booth or compartment longer than is necessary to mark his or her ballot, which may not exceed either 5 or 10 minutes, as specified, but permits a voter to remain for a longer period of time if no other voter would be inconvenienced.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724&version=20110AB172499INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724&version=20110AB172498AMD)
3. **05/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724&version=20110AB172497AMD)
4. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724&version=20110AB172495CHP)
5. **AB1724** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724)
6. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1724&version=20110AB172496ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **51** (pass) · lower
- AB 1724 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **723** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **40** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1724 Fong By Lieu — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4769.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 4815.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4740.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9826cfee-39a3-4b8c-810a-664afa06c8c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).