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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections and voting procedures."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that ballots cast in all-mailed ballot elections, as specified, are considered timely cast if they are received by the voter's elections official by mail no later than 3 days after election day and additional, specified conditions are satisfied."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 930"
citation: "California AB 930 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electionsandvotingprocedures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebcf9423-de07-45e0-8d72-2f71b0b94f8c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930"
source_hash: "986cb9a15d749ab62a1683f32d9e5931e43974624a4c4883ad8e81e0f2e95154"
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 930 (20252026) — Elections and voting procedures.
(1) Existing law provides that ballots cast in all-mailed ballot elections, as specified, are considered timely cast if they are received by the voter's elections official by mail no later than 3 days after election day and additional, specified conditions are satisfied.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93099INT)
2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93098AMD)
3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93097AMD)
4. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93096AMD)
5. **06/16/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93095AMD)
6. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93094AMD)
7. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93092CHP)
8. **AB930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930)
9. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB930&version=20250AB93093ENR)
## Votes
- AB 930 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **5916** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **114** (pass) · lower
- AB 930 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5919** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB930 Ward By Cervantes — **2910** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ward — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 1606.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2589.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3114.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 282, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebcf9423-de07-45e0-8d72-2f71b0b94f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).