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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee ballots: processing."
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description: "Existing law authorizes any jurisdiction having the necessary computer capability to start to process vote by mail ballots on the 10th business day before the election. Processing vote by mail ballots includes opening vote by mail ballot return envelopes, removing ballots, duplicating any damaged ballots, and preparing the ballots to be machine read, or machine reading them."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2665"
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citation: "California AB 2665 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Absentee ballots: processing."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-09-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c1db32-6160-439f-a201-d9af40e0f80a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2665"
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source_hash: "31b8714c6b7d76ae83d33ca5807d7bdb65d105202a0b1a36472db06defa428f6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2665 (20172018) — Absentee ballots: processing.
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Existing law authorizes any jurisdiction having the necessary computer capability to start to process vote by mail ballots on the 10th business day before the election. Processing vote by mail ballots includes opening vote by mail ballot return envelopes, removing ballots, duplicating any damaged ballots, and preparing the ballots to be machine read, or machine reading them.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2665&version=20170AB266599INT)
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2. **09/06/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2665&version=20170AB266597CHP)
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3. **AB2665** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2665)
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4. **08/15/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2665&version=20170AB266598ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2665 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB2665 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Salas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5212.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5286.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 282, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c1db32-6160-439f-a201-d9af40e0f80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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