Bill Commons

CA AB 1116

vetoed

Elections: voter registration.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1116 pass?

No. CA AB 1116 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Vetoed by Governor.

What is CA AB 1116 about?

Existing law authorizes a person who is qualified to register to vote and who has a valid California driver's license or state identification card to submit an affidavit of voter registration electronically on the Secretary of State's internet website. Existing law requires this affidavit to contain a statement that the county elections official must compare the affiant's signature on the identification envelope for the return of a vote by mail ballot with the signatures appearing in the voter's registration record, including the signature appearing on the applicant's driver's license or state identification card. The Secretary of State must require a person who submits such an affidavit to submit, among other things, the number from their California driver's license or state identification card. This bill would additionally authorize a person who is qualified to register to vote to submit an affidavit of voter registration on the Secretary of State's internet website even if the person has not been issued a California driver's license or state identification card, as long as the person provides the last four digits of their social security number with their affidavit. The bill would require the Secretary of State to develop a method to collect an electronic image of the applicant's signature, and would require this collection method to be accessible to people with disabilities. The bill would additionally authorize a county elections official to compare the affiant's signature on the identification envelope for the return of a vote by mail ballot with this electronic image of the affiant's signature. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to authenticate the identity of an applicant who electronically submits an affidavit of voter registration without providing a California driver's license or state identification card by verifying the last 4 digits of the applicant's social security number, the applicant's full name, and the applicant's date of birth. The bill would specify that its provisions become operative on January 1, 2029.

Who sponsors CA AB 1116?

Berman is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1116, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law authorizes a person who is qualified to register to vote and who has a valid California driver's license or state identification card to submit an affidavit of voter registration electronically on the Secretary of State's internet website. Existing law requires this affidavit to contain a statement that the county elections official must compare the affiant's signature on the identification envelope for the return of a vote by mail ballot with the signatures appearing in the voter's registration record, including the signature appearing on the applicant's driver's license or state identification card. The Secretary of State must require a person who submits such an affidavit to submit, among other things, the number from their California driver's license or state identification card. This bill would additionally authorize a person who is qualified to register to vote to submit an affidavit of voter registration on the Secretary of State's internet website even if the person has not been issued a California driver's license or state identification card, as long as the person provides the last four digits of their social security number with their affidavit. The bill would require the Secretary of State to develop a method to collect an electronic image of the applicant's signature, and would require this collection method to be accessible to people with disabilities. The bill would additionally authorize a county elections official to compare the affiant's signature on the identification envelope for the return of a vote by mail ballot with this electronic image of the affiant's signature. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to authenticate the identity of an applicant who electronically submits an affidavit of voter registration without providing a California driver's license or state identification card by verifying the last 4 digits of the applicant's social security number, the applicant's full name, and the applicant's date of birth. The bill would specify that its provisions become operative on January 1, 2029.

Introduced
2025-03-28
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Vetoed by Governor.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bermanauthor
  • Cervantescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-09-27

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  2. 2026-08-31

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  3. 2026-08-25

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19.).

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  4. 2026-08-25

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 6518.).

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  5. 2026-08-24

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2026-08-24

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.).

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  7. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  9. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  10. 2026-06-29

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-06-27

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  13. 2025-06-23

    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.

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  14. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  15. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  16. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 1987.)

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  17. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  19. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  20. 2025-04-23

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2025-04-22

    Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 9).

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  23. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  24. 2025-03-28

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.

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  25. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  26. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  27. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-22Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/27/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-27Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1116Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-09 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Tangipa: no

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1116 Berman Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 60-18

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Chen: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-16 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Allen: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Choi: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

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