CA AB 16

enacted

Vote by mail ballots: processing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law requires elections officials to begin mailing ballots to every registered voter no later than 29 days before an election. Existing law authorizes a jurisdiction to begin processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes and, if the jurisdiction has the necessary computer capability, vote by mail ballots 29 days before an election. This bill would authorize elections officials to begin processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes and vote by mail ballots on the date on which the ballots are mailed, thereby allowing elections officials to begin processing vote by mail return envelopes and ballots earlier than 29 days before an election. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 15104 of the Elections Code proposed by SB 3 to be operative only if this bill and SB 3 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced: 2025-04-10
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9).
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2025-04-21
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-04-24
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-28
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-05
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1428.)
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2025-05-06
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-14
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
referral-committee
2025-06-09
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2025-07-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2922.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3495.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
AB16Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-09 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Stefani: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Macedo: yes
AB 16 Alanis Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-05 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Rivas: yes
- Haney: yes
- Papan: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Patel: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Krell: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Solache: yes
- Rogers: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hart: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ward: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Berman: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ellis: other
- Bains: other
- Bennett: other
- Lee: other
Do pass
2025-07-01 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Allen: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Limón: yes
- Choi: yes
3rd Reading AB16 Alanis By Alvarado-Gil
2025-09-11 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Gonzalez: other
AB 16 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Jackson: other
- Elhawary: other
- Lee: other
- McKinnor: other
- Garcia: other
- Ta: other

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