SB 77 is sponsored by Umberg, Thomas J. (Democratic) and Menjivar, Caroline (Democratic).

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California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 77 — Voting: signature verification: notice.

Last action October 10, 2023 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 701, Statutes of 2023.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on October 10, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

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

Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the voter's signature appearing on specified voter registration records. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official to mail a notice to the voter, no later than 8 days before the certification of the election, of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature or provide a signature, as applicable. This bill would require the elections official to additionally notify the voter by telephone, a text message, or email, if the elections official has a telephone number or email address for the voter on file. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3019 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 1037 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1037 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/10/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 10, 2023
Enrolled 09/13/23 - Enrolled pdf September 13, 2023
Amended 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly pdf September 01, 2023
Amended 07/10/23 - Amended Assembly pdf July 10, 2023
Amended 06/14/23 - Amended Assembly pdf June 14, 2023
Amended 03/27/23 - Amended Senate pdf March 27, 2023
Introduced 01/12/23 - Introduced pdf January 12, 2023
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Action History

October 10, 2023
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 701, Statutes of 2023.
October 10, 2023
Approved by the Governor.
September 15, 2023
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
September 11, 2023
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2597.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 07, 2023
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 07, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3001.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 05, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 01, 2023
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
September 01, 2023
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1).
August 23, 2023
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
July 10, 2023
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 06, 2023
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5).
June 20, 2023
June 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
June 14, 2023
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
June 01, 2023
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
May 25, 2023
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 24, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1251.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 18, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 18, 2023
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1160.) (May 18).
May 12, 2023
Set for hearing May 18.
April 10, 2023
April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
March 28, 2023
Set for hearing April 10.
March 27, 2023
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 23, 2023
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 423.) (March 21).
March 13, 2023
Set for hearing March 21.
January 25, 2023
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
January 13, 2023
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.
January 12, 2023
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic

Co-sponsors (1)

Menjivar, Caroline Democratic

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB77 Umberg et al. Concurrence

September 11, 2023

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	0
Democratic	21	0	0	1
Republican	7	0	0	0
Total	39	0	0	1
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Roth	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	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
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	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

Official roll call →

SB 77 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Lee

September 07, 2023

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	47	0	0	0
Republican	12	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	18	0	0	2
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Villapudua	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	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
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
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
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Not Voting
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

September 01, 2023

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	9	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	1
Republican	0	0	0	3
Total	11	0	0	5
% of votes cast	69%	0%	0%	31%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Not Voting
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

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

July 05, 2023

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	1
Total	7	0	0	1
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (8)

Member	Party	Vote
Low	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Not Voting
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

May 24, 2023

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	0
Democratic	21	0	0	1
Republican	5	0	0	2
Total	37	0	0	3
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Roth	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Not Voting
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	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
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass

May 18, 2023

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	1
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

April 10, 2023

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

March 21, 2023

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	1
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Glazer	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

elections

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 77 do?: Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the voter's signature appearing on specified voter registration records. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official to mail a notice to the voter, no later than 8 days before the certification of the election, of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature or provide a signature, as applicable. This bill would require the elections official to additionally notify the voter by telephone, a text message, or email, if the elections official has a telephone number or email address for the voter on file. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3019 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 1037 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1037 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors SB 77?: SB 77 is sponsored by Umberg, Thomas J. (Democratic) and Menjivar, Caroline (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 77?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2023. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 77
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 12, 2023
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Umberg, Thomas J.

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