republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-152.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if specified conditions apply. Those conditions include providing, on the day of the election and the 3 days preceding the election, at least one vote center for every 10,000 registered voters and providing, beginning 10 days before the election and continuing up to the 4th day before the election, at least one vote center for every 50,000 registered voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "California SB 152 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9deb8bd7-fdf1-4d14-b929-0d902de833e9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152"
source_hash: "e6e6d57c2f5dc99b12c01e80557be4b21616709e2dec535e631dbb8451da5c82"
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 152 (20212022) — Elections.

(1) Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if specified conditions apply. Those conditions include providing, on the day of the election and the 3 days preceding the election, at least one vote center for every 10,000 registered voters and providing, beginning 10 days before the election and continuing up to the 4th day before the election, at least one vote center for every 50,000 registered voters.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152&version=20210SB15299INT)
2. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152&version=20210SB15298AMD)
3. **06/23/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152&version=20210SB15297AMD)
4. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152&version=20210SB15295CHP)
5. **SB152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152)
6. **06/28/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB152&version=20210SB15296ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB152 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB152 — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 152 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **59–19** (pass) · lower
- SB 152 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By SEYARTO Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **57–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 201.)
- **2021-02-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 285.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** (Corrected May 14).
- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2118.)
- **2021-06-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Seyarto tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 2119.)
- **2021-06-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 2120.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-06-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1660.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 8:45 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 34, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9deb8bd7-fdf1-4d14-b929-0d902de833e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).