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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: elections officials."
description: "Existing law requires elections officials, at least 14 days before an election, to prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials who are fluent in a non-English language and in English were appointed, and the language or languages other than English in which the officials will provide assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1631"
citation: "California AB 1631 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: elections officials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db45373c-bc74-4b41-8423-5b1d820e555d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631"
source_hash: "00c1e990d1d3592f4ee2432ca8552919f046cf1124c1ca33ae92a834563e5314"
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 1631 (20212022) — Elections: elections officials.
Existing law requires elections officials, at least 14 days before an election, to prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials who are fluent in a non-English language and in English were appointed, and the language or languages other than English in which the officials will provide assistance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/11/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163199INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163198AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163197AMD)
4. **09/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163195CHP)
5. **AB1631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1631&version=20210AB163196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 1631 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1631 Cervantes By Gonzalez — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cervantes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4957.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db45373c-bc74-4b41-8423-5b1d820e555d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).