Election procedures: certified mail and superior courts.

Removed 'registered' and 'special delivery' qualifiers from mail service requirements across multiple sections (12, 5200, 13113, 15621, 16442, 16462, 16464), simplifying the standard to just 'certified mail' or 'electronic delivery.'

Added new Section 10.5 providing an alternative version of Section 15621 that changes the recount request deadline from 'five days' to 'five calendar days,' which becomes operative only if both this bill and AB 930 are enacted by January 1, 2026, both amend Section 15621, and this bill is enacted after AB 930.

Added new Section 14 establishing the coordination conditions with AB 930, specifying that if the conditions are met, Section 10.5 becomes operative and Section 10 does not.

Updated pronoun language throughout from 'him or her' and 'his or her' to gender-neutral terms like 'the candidate,' 'the defendant,' and 'the contestant.'

Changed the fiscal committee designation from 'no' to 'yes' and the state-mandated local program designation from 'no' to 'yes,' indicating the bill now carries a state mandate with associated reimbursement obligations for local agencies and school districts.

The bill's scope expanded from amending only 6 sections (11000-11004, 11221) related to recall elections to amending 13 sections total, adding Sections 12, 5200, 13113, 15621, 16442, 16462, and 16464 of the Elections Code.

Section 12 (service of process on candidates): 'registered mail' replaced with 'certified mail' for forwarding process to candidates after service on the Secretary of State or county elections official.

Section 5200 (political party disqualification): 'registered mail' replaced with 'certified mail' for serving notice of intention to disqualify a party's state central committee chairperson.

Section 13113 (randomized alphabet drawings for local elections): 'registered mail' replaced with 'electronic delivery' for notifications between local election officials and the Secretary of State, including confirming receipt in writing by electronic delivery.

Section 15621 (statewide recounts): 'registered mail' replaced with 'electronic delivery' for the Secretary of State sending recount requests to county elections officials, who must confirm receipt by electronic delivery.

Sections 16442, 16462, and 16464 (election contests): 'registered mail' replaced with 'certified mail' for serving contest affidavits on defendants and for defendants filing responses about additional precincts.

Gender-neutral language updates throughout: 'him or her' replaced with 'the candidate,' 'the defendant,' or 'the official's' in multiple sections.

Section 11221(c)(1) removed redundant language 'including judges of courts of appeal and trial courts, a judge of a court of appeal' and simplified to 'including a judge of a court of appeal.' Also changed 'the county in which the judge holds his or her office' to 'the county in which the judge holds office.'

New Section 14 added providing that if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill contains state-mandated costs, reimbursement shall be made pursuant to Part 7 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Fiscal note changed from 'Fiscal committee: no' to 'Fiscal committee: yes' and 'State-mandated local program: no' to 'State-mandated local program: yes,' reflecting the new electronic delivery duties imposed on local officials.

Header changed from enrolled bill format to authenticated electronic legal material format with chapter number 304 and Governor approval date of October 3, 2025.

Page headers changed from 'AB 1513' to 'Ch. 304' and page numbering changed from 96 to 95 throughout the document.

Removed enrolled bill administrative elements including Assembly and Senate passage dates, Chief Clerk and Secretary of Senate signature lines, and blank fields for Governor's receipt date and time.

Header changed from 'Amended in Senate August 28, 2025' to enrolled bill format showing passage dates (Assembly September 10, 2025; Senate September 8, 2025) and adding the Governor's approval block.

Removed the line-numbered amendment format (e.g., 'line 1', 'line 2') and replaced with clean enrolled bill text formatting.

Removed the Senate vote/appropriation/fiscal committee summary line ('Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.') which is a Senate amendment header element not included in enrolled bills.

Digest heading changed from 'AB 1513, as amended, Committee on Elections' to 'AB 1513, Committee on Elections' since the bill is no longer in amended status.