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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 16: Vote by mail ballots: processing.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 16 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Vote by mail ballots: processing. Primary sponsor: Juan Alanis (R). Most recent recorded action (October 1, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Juan AlanisPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3495.).
  5. Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2922.).
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1).
  12. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page