republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-103.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act."
description: "Existing law provides for the nomination of electors of President and Vice President of the United States by political parties, and provides for electors who desire to be write-in candidates for presidential electors pledged to a particular candidate for President or Vice President to file a declaration of write-in candidacy. Existing law requires the electors chosen by the voters at each United States presidential election to assemble in the State Capitol in the afternoon on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election and cast electoral ballots for the President and the Vice President of the United States who are candidates of the political party that nominated the electors, if the candidates are alive. Existing law provides that an elector who willfully neglects or refuses to perform these duties, or who knowingly and fraudulently acts in violation or contravention of them, is guilty of a crime punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both a fine and imprisonment, as specified. Existing law provides that if an elector is dead or absent on the day of voting the remaining electors present shall elect a replacement from the citizens of the state. Existing law provides for compensation for electors for their services and expenses related to travel to and from the State Capitol, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "California SB 103 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3364dc7d-1567-4789-af35-257be9abb597"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103"
source_hash: "adf768487aa342ebb351acaec11af6c4b90b07e751b694e4bac819c8ba625796"
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 SB 103 (20212022) — Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.

Existing law provides for the nomination of electors of President and Vice President of the United States by political parties, and provides for electors who desire to be write-in candidates for presidential electors pledged to a particular candidate for President or Vice President to file a declaration of write-in candidacy. Existing law requires the electors chosen by the voters at each United States presidential election to assemble in the State Capitol in the afternoon on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election and cast electoral ballots for the President and the Vice President of the United States who are candidates of the political party that nominated the electors, if the candidates are alive. Existing law provides that an elector who willfully neglects or refuses to perform these duties, or who knowingly and fraudulently acts in violation or contravention of them, is guilty of a crime punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both a fine and imprisonment, as specified. Existing law provides that if an elector is dead or absent on the day of voting the remaining electors present shall elect a replacement from the citizens of the state. Existing law provides for compensation for electors for their services and expenses related to travel to and from the State Capitol, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/05/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103&version=20210SB10399INT)
2. **03/09/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103&version=20210SB10398AMD)
3. **03/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103&version=20210SB10397AMD)
4. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103&version=20210SB10395CHP)
5. **SB103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103)
6. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB103&version=20210SB10396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 103 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Set for hearing March 15.
- **2021-03-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 498.) (March 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2021-04-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 913.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5826.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, 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/3364dc7d-1567-4789-af35-257be9abb597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).