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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voting: signature verification: notice."
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description: "Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the voter's signature appearing on specified voter registration records. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official to mail a notice to the voter, no later than 8 days before the certification of the election, of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature or provide a signature, as applicable."
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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 77"
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citation: "California SB 77 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Voting", "notice", "signature verification"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-01-12"
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last_action: "2023-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06dcc5f7-f006-4f28-862f-9ac2e868a66c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77"
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source_hash: "ba2ce828e78478bdf5bd381d715729b0bfe77cc67377cad5da0f2b789b717b38"
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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 77 (20232024) — Voting: signature verification: notice.
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Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the voter's signature appearing on specified voter registration records. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official to mail a notice to the voter, no later than 8 days before the certification of the election, of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature or provide a signature, as applicable.
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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. **01/12/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7799INT)
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2. **03/27/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7798AMD)
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3. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7797AMD)
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4. **07/10/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7796AMD)
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5. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7795AMD)
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6. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7793CHP)
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7. **SB77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77)
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8. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB77&version=20230SB7794ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 77 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Lee — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB77 Umberg et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Umberg — primary (person)
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- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-01-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Set for hearing March 21.
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- **2023-03-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 423.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1160.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1251.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** June 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3001.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2597.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 701, Statutes of 2023. `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/06dcc5f7-f006-4f28-862f-9ac2e868a66c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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