republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-621.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration: military and overseas voters."
description: "Existing law authorizes an individual who registers to vote at least 15 days before an election day, to vote in that election by a regular ballot. Existing law permits an individual who is eligible to register to vote to complete a registration application during the 14 days immediately preceding an election or on the day of the election, and to vote by conditional ballot or regular ballot, as specified. Existing law provides that otherwise qualified military and overseas voters and voters with disabilities may complete a conditional voter registration and cast a provisional ballot or nonprovisional ballot under those provisions. Existing law also permits a military or overseas voter to register after the closing date of registration if the voter is released from service after the closing date, returns to the voter's county of residence, and is not a registered voter in that county, or if the voter is required to move under official active duty military orders after the closing date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "California SB 621 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voterregistration", "militaryandoverseasvoters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b81abe-af27-459d-bfa8-d624567b7d28"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB621"
source_hash: "305ddf151b8279eb65578ce2948142b099910e6280067f5ace2878247f7feb7f"
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 SB 621 (20252026) — Voter registration: military and overseas voters.

Existing law authorizes an individual who registers to vote at least 15 days before an election day, to vote in that election by a regular ballot. Existing law permits an individual who is eligible to register to vote to complete a registration application during the 14 days immediately preceding an election or on the day of the election, and to vote by conditional ballot or regular ballot, as specified. Existing law provides that otherwise qualified military and overseas voters and voters with disabilities may complete a conditional voter registration and cast a provisional ballot or nonprovisional ballot under those provisions. Existing law also permits a military or overseas voter to register after the closing date of registration if the voter is released from service after the closing date, returns to the voter's county of residence, and is not a registered voter in that county, or if the voter is required to move under official active duty military orders after the closing date.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB621&version=20250SB62199INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB621&version=20250SB62198AMD)
3. **08/28/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB621&version=20250SB62196CHP)
4. **SB621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB621)
5. **08/25/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB621&version=20250SB62197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 621 Grove Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2025-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on M. & V.A. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 29 in E. & C.A. pending receipt.
- **2025-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 918.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1011.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2705.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-21** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 101, 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/23b81abe-af27-459d-bfa8-d624567b7d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).