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type: "Bill"
title: "Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County."
description: "Existing law provides for the calling of a special election to fill a congressional or legislative vacancy. Under existing law, the governing body of a local agency is authorized to conduct a local, special, or consolidated election wholly by mail under specified conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1873"
citation: "California AB 1873 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5afd920-acee-402b-b9f6-54325ec53f1a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873"
source_hash: "33d1e019634f65207d1a3d045a652133832eb4c5565e023c55c57077dbc15d9d"
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 1873 (20132014) — Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County.
Existing law provides for the calling of a special election to fill a congressional or legislative vacancy. Under existing law, the governing body of a local agency is authorized to conduct a local, special, or consolidated election wholly by mail under specified conditions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873&version=20130AB187399INT)
2. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873&version=20130AB187398AMD)
3. **05/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873&version=20130AB187397AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873&version=20130AB187396AMD)
5. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873&version=20130AB187394CHP)
6. **AB1873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873)
7. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1873&version=20130AB187395ENR)
## Votes
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1873 Gonzalez By Padilla — **248** (pass) · upper
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **33** (fail) · lower
- AB 1873 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — **4432** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **42** (pass) · lower
- AB 1873 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **4729** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Mullin — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** 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`
- **2014-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2014-05-08** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 19. Page 4818.)
- **2014-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Received May 9 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(6).
- **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5219.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 5325.)
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 5334.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-25** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 8. Page 4934.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6667.)
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 6679.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** 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 598, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5afd920-acee-402b-b9f6-54325ec53f1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).