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California 20252026 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

AB 16 — Vote by mail ballots: processing.

Last action October 01, 2025 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2025.

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This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced December 02, 2024. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 64% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/01/25 - Chaptered Current pdf October 01, 2025
Enrolled 09/16/25 - Enrolled pdf September 16, 2025
Amended 09/04/25 - Amended Senate pdf September 04, 2025
Amended 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2025
Introduced 12/02/24 - Introduced pdf December 02, 2024
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Action History

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

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Alanis, Juan Republican

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 16 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 13, 2025

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	54	0	0	5
Republican	19	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	74	0	0	6
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Not Voting
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Not Voting
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

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3rd Reading AB16 Alanis By Alvarado-Gil

September 11, 2025

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	10	0	0	0
Democratic	29	0	0	1
Total	39	0	0	1
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Not Voting
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Pérez, Sasha Renée	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

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Do pass

July 01, 2025

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	5	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (5)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 16 Alanis Assembly Third Reading

May 05, 2025

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	56	0	0	3
Republican	18	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	75	0	0	4
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Not Voting
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Not Voting
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 09, 2025

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

elections

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 16 do?: 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.
Who sponsors AB 16?: AB 16 is sponsored by Alanis, Juan (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 16?: This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced December 02, 2024. It awaits signature.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 16
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 20252026 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: December 02, 2024
Status: To Executive
Prime sponsor: Alanis, Juan

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