CA SB 621

enacted

Voter registration: military and overseas voters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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. This bill would repeal the latter provision as obsolete due to the inclusion of military and overseas voters in the general conditional voter registration process.

Introduced: 2025-02-20
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
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Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
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.
committee-passage
2025-08-27
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
executive-receipt
2025-08-28
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-08-28
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-28 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- McNerney: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grove: other
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2025-04-29 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Allen: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cervantes: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-05-05 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Jones: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Grove: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Becker: yes
- Stern: yes
- Reyes: other
- Padilla: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-02 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Stefani: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Berman: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-07-15 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Davies: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
SB 621 Grove Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-08-21 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Flora: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Solache: yes
- Krell: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ransom: other
- Addis: other

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