republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1344.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated."
description: "Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1344"
citation: "California AB 1344 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce02fb9-3ab4-43bc-b2b6-d16607f8806d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344"
source_hash: "3a960113ca340a2a5481ae0a12f92039af33b512a5f2ab88096333c3ac8fa389"
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 1344 (20172018) — Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated.

Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344&version=20170AB134499INT)
2. **05/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344&version=20170AB134498AMD)
3. **05/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344&version=20170AB134497AMD)
4. **08/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344&version=20170AB134496AMD)
5. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344&version=20170AB134494CHP)
6. **AB1344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344)
7. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1344&version=20170AB134495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1344 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **46–27** (pass) · lower
- AB 1344 WEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **48–28** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1344 Weber et al. By Hertzberg — **27–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1659.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 1779.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2459.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 3116.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 796, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce02fb9-3ab4-43bc-b2b6-d16607f8806d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).