republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1446.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration: personal information."
description: "(1) Existing law permits a citizen or organization to distribute voter registration cards anywhere in the applicable county. Existing law requires a county elections official to provide voter registration cards in sufficient quantities to any citizen or organization that wishes to distribute the cards, except as specified. If, after completing his or her voter registration affidavit, an elector entrusts it to another person, existing law requires the latter person to comply with specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1446"
citation: "California AB 1446 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voter registration: personal information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-01-06"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc9ec80-870c-49aa-8058-f32e10c787aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446"
source_hash: "c8d6358a1590dbfec17a0043c78d4e329d50d9a561f7596e4c35298e863c5169"
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 1446 (20132014) — Voter registration: personal information.

(1) Existing law permits a citizen or organization to distribute voter registration cards anywhere in the applicable county. Existing law requires a county elections official to provide voter registration cards in sufficient quantities to any citizen or organization that wishes to distribute the cards, except as specified. If, after completing his or her voter registration affidavit, an elector entrusts it to another person, existing law requires the latter person to comply with specified requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/06/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446&version=20130AB144699INT)
2. **03/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446&version=20130AB144698AMD)
3. **03/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446&version=20130AB144697AMD)
4. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446&version=20130AB144695CHP)
5. **AB1446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446)
6. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1446&version=20130AB144696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1446 Mullin By Padilla — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 1446 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **55–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-07** From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
- **2014-01-17** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 4704.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 4607.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 593, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc9ec80-870c-49aa-8058-f32e10c787aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).