AB499Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-998)
Introduced by Steve Yeager, District 9
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles, under certain circumstances, to issue identification cards at no charge; requiring the Secretary of State to issue digital identification cards; requiring a county clerk in certain counties to establish a certain number of locations for a voter to return his or her mail ballot to a mail ballot drop box during the period between the last day for early voting and the day before the date of the general election; authorizing a county clerk in certain counties to establish such locations; authorizing a person, under certain circumstances, to return a mail ballot to a mail ballot drop box established at such a location on behalf of a voter; requiring the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a voter services portal on the Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State; requiring the county clerk to include certain information relating to the voter services portal on any communication to a registered voter; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to submit electronically to the Secretary of State certain information relating to each person who has a driver's license or identification card issued by the Department; requiring the Secretary of State to include certain information received from the Department in the centralized, top-down database that is established by the Secretary of State for purposes of creating the statewide voter registration list; requiring certain information to be included on the return envelope for a mail ballot; revising provisions relating to curing mail ballots; requiring mail ballot drop boxes to be monitored and secured; providing that certain information on the statewide voter registration list relating to a voter is confidential and not a public record; making various other changes relating to elections; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Vetoed by the Governor.
June 12, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · June 2, 2025
16
Yes
5
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | No |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | No |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | No |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | Yes |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.
From printer. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 386.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 30, Nays: 12.)
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
Waiver granted effective: May 13, 2025.
From committee: Do pass.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time.
Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1000.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 5.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Senate Amendment No. 1000 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Vetoed by the Governor.
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