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AB 17 California Assembly · 2019-2020 Regular Session

Elections: vote by mail ballots.

Summary
Existing law requires a vote by mail ballot to be available to any registered voter. Existing law requires employers, as specified, to allow voters to take up to two hours off of work, without loss of pay, to vote. This bill would prohibit an employer from requiring or requesting that an employee bring the employee's vote by mail ballot to work or vote the employee's vote by mail ballot at work. The bill makes a violation of this prohibition subject to a civil fine of up to $10,000 per election.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Jul 2019
Assembly Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Aug 2019
Signed into Law
Sep 2019
Introduced Dec 3, 2018 Signed Sep 5, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Aug 22, 2019 · Assembly Apr 8, 2019

How they voted

32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
Aug 22, 2019
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
6 Yea 2
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Sep 5, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 3. Page 2833.).
lower
Aug 22, 2019
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
lower
Aug 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2240.).
upper
Jul 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Apr 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD.
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 1078.)
lower
Apr 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 3).
lower
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jan 17, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on E. & R.
lower
Dec 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.