republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2127.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration: California New Motor Voter Program."
description: "Existing law requires the Secretary of State and the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter registration. Pursuant to this program, existing law requires every driver's license application to include a voter registration application that consists of, among other things, an attestation that the applicant meets voter eligibility requirements. Under existing law, a person who attests to their eligibility to vote on the voter registration application will be registered to vote unless the voter affirmatively declines to register to vote. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, requires the Secretary of State to establish a taskforce of specified members that, among other tasks, must convene for meetings at least quarterly and advise the Secretary of State and the department on effective implementation of the California New Motor Voter Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2127"
citation: "California AB 2127 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California New Motor Voter Program", "Voter registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f64c49f-e62a-4356-a216-072d6715f91d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2127"
source_hash: "7d9a0864c6baffd67d4fde1be8703fd9317c8f916dc9febfcf98a2bc272ccec8"
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 2127 (20232024) — Voter registration: California New Motor Voter Program.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State and the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter registration. Pursuant to this program, existing law requires every driver's license application to include a voter registration application that consists of, among other things, an attestation that the applicant meets voter eligibility requirements. Under existing law, a person who attests to their eligibility to vote on the voter registration application will be registered to vote unless the voter affirmatively declines to register to vote. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, requires the Secretary of State to establish a taskforce of specified members that, among other tasks, must convene for meetings at least quarterly and advise the Secretary of State and the department on effective implementation of the California New Motor Voter Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2127&version=20230AB212799INT)
2. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2127&version=20230AB212797CHP)
3. **AB2127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2127)
4. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2127&version=20230AB212798ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2127 Berman By Blakespear — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 2127 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **59–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 7.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f64c49f-e62a-4356-a216-072d6715f91d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).