California Assembly Bill 37 (In Recess)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Passed on September 27 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2021.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to amend Sections 3000.5, 3016.7, 3019.7, 3020, and 15101 of, to add Section 3025.5 to, and to repeal Section 3016.5 of, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

Elections: vote by mail ballots.

Asm. Marc Berman [D]	Asm. Sabrina Cervantes [D]	Asm. Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher [D]	Sen. Benjamin Allen [D]
Sen. Tom Umberg [D]	Asm. Steve Bennett [D]	Asm. Ash Kalra [D]	Asm. Chad Mayes [I]
Asm. Kevin Mullin [D]	Sen. Josh Newman [D]	Asm. Bill Quirk [D]

2021-09-03 - Assembly - AB 37 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 60 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-09-02 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB37 Berman et al. By Umberg (Y: 30 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-08-26 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-08-16 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-07-12 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-27 - Assembly - AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading (Y: 59 N: 16 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-27 - Assembly - AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading Amend By SEYARTO Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES (Y: 56 N: 19 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-27 - Assembly - AB 37 Berman Assembly Third Reading Amend By GALLAGHER Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES (Y: 54 N: 18 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-20 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 12 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-15 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-09-27		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2021.
2021-09-27		Approved by the Governor.
2021-09-10		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-09-03	Assembly	Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 17.).
2021-09-03	Assembly	Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 16.)
2021-09-02	Assembly	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2021-09-02	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7.).
2021-08-30	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2021-08-26	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2021-08-26	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26).
2021-08-16	Senate	In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2021-07-14	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2021-07-13	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12).
2021-07-01	Senate	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.
2021-06-09	Senate	Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
2021-05-28	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2021-05-27	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 16.)
2021-05-24	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2021-05-20	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20).
2021-05-20	Assembly	Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
2021-05-19	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2021-04-15	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2021-04-15	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2021-04-08	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
2021-04-07	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
2021-01-11	Assembly	Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
2020-12-08	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
2020-12-07	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Elections Code	15101	Amended Code	Citation Text
Elections Code	3000.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Elections Code	3016.5	Repealed Code	Citation Text
Elections Code	3016.7	Amended Code	Citation Text
Elections Code	3019.7	Amended Code	Citation Text
Elections Code	3020	Amended Code	Citation Text
Elections Code	3025.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB37
Text	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB37
Roll Call	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB37