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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections: official canvass period."
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description: "Existing law requires the official canvass for an election to commence no later than the Thursday following the election and to be continued daily, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, for not less than 6 hours each day until completed. Elections officials are required to report the final results of the canvass to the governing board and the Secretary of State."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 566"
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citation: "California AB 566 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections: official canvass period."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-07-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9aede33-3093-4712-af5b-3636a6f63c2c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB566"
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source_hash: "da4cd4a85ff8035214b5af9e44380433c1c79524e9eeba3254c231786e69b1bf"
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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 566 (20192020) — Elections: official canvass period.
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Existing law requires the official canvass for an election to commence no later than the Thursday following the election and to be continued daily, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, for not less than 6 hours each day until completed. Elections officials are required to report the final results of the canvass to the governing board and the Secretary of State.
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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. **02/13/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB566&version=20190AB56699INT)
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2. **03/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB566&version=20190AB56698AMD)
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3. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB566&version=20190AB56696CHP)
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4. **AB566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB566)
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5. **07/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB566&version=20190AB56697ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar AB566 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 566 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Berman — primary (person)
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- Mullin — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2019-02-25** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1475.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1877.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2019.
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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/b9aede33-3093-4712-af5b-3636a6f63c2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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