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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections: ballot order for statewide measures."
+description: "Existing law specifies the order in which statewide ballot measures are required to appear on the ballot."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "AB 1499"
+citation: "California AB 1499 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
+subjects: ["Elections: ballot order for statewide measures."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2012-01-10"
+last_action: "2012-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47521e76-5587-45bd-aa81-62f50c0d5e21"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1499"
+source_hash: "e1c9ab2c47b5175570cee4c34cae9d2f185a8888f41a7db2964bb6ec53246d91"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1499 (20112012) — Elections: ballot order for statewide measures.
+
+Existing law specifies the order in which statewide ballot measures are required to appear on the ballot.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/10/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1499&version=20110AB149999INT)
+2. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1499&version=20110AB149998AMD)
+3. **06/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1499&version=20110AB149996CHP)
+4. **AB1499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1499)
+5. **06/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1499&version=20110AB149997ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **10–5** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **10–5** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1499 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **47–23** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1499 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **50–24** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1499 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **24–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Budget — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2012-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
+- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
+- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
+- **2012-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
+- **2012-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2012-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2012-03-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 4100.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2012-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-06-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2012-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 4138.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2012-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2012-06-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 5483.)
+- **2012-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 5483.)
+- **2012-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5490.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2012-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
+- **2012-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2012-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2012.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47521e76-5587-45bd-aa81-62f50c0d5e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+