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type: "Bill"
title: "Voting: replacement ballots."
description: "Existing law requires an elections official to provide a 2nd vote by mail voter ballot to any voter upon receipt of a statement under penalty of perjury that the voter has failed to receive, lost, or destroyed their original ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 398"
citation: "California AB 398 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting", "replacement ballots"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bed42885-438c-468d-839b-d560b0270f2b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB398"
source_hash: "355891861db3e9f10e7961171b2a0967e5d621a829e992c85d6816e1bb1caecf"
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 398 (20232024) — Voting: replacement ballots.
Existing law requires an elections official to provide a 2nd vote by mail voter ballot to any voter upon receipt of a statement under penalty of perjury that the voter has failed to receive, lost, or destroyed their original ballot.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB398&version=20230AB39899INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB398&version=20230AB39898AMD)
3. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB398&version=20230AB39896CHP)
4. **AB398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB398)
5. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB398&version=20230AB39897ENR)
## Votes
- AB 398 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — **6014** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB398 Pellerin By Newman — **318** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **61** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **51** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **103** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pellerin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 1267.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2389.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 650, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bed42885-438c-468d-839b-d560b0270f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).