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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections."
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description: "Prior law, the California Voter's Choice Act, required the Secretary of State to establish a taskforce that included certain individuals to review all-mailed ballot or vote center elections and to provide comments and recommendations to the Legislature within 6 months of each all-mailed ballot election or vote center election. The act was repealed by its own provisions on January 1, 2022."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 1450"
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citation: "California SB 1450 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7b3f64-6a87-400d-8c94-686dc54c3a51"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450"
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source_hash: "337c7c5e9f0681c650044bd0b442729a3930ea118e9040cbc574e660d506daa1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1450 (20232024) — Elections.
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Prior law, the California Voter's Choice Act, required the Secretary of State to establish a taskforce that included certain individuals to review all-mailed ballot or vote center elections and to provide comments and recommendations to the Legislature within 6 months of each all-mailed ballot election or vote center election. The act was repealed by its own provisions on January 1, 2022.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450&version=20230SB145099INT)
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2. **04/09/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450&version=20230SB145098AMD)
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3. **08/23/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450&version=20230SB145097AMD)
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4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450&version=20230SB145095CHP)
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5. **SB1450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450)
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6. **09/06/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1450&version=20230SB145096ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB1450 Allen et al. Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1450 Allen Senate Third Reading By Berman — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- [05-16-2024] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
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- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
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- **2024-04-09** 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`
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- **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3631.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2024-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
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- **2024-05-16** May 16 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3984.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4027.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 7042.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5782.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7b3f64-6a87-400d-8c94-686dc54c3a51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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