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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections."
+description: "Existing law makes numerous references to federal laws related to elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1536"
+citation: "California AB 1536 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2015-03-25"
+last_action: "2015-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e492ac87-d867-4ce8-95e6-e0199ea849af"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1536"
+source_hash: "ebd8cc827810c6d7a9cc325a8b6ab67dc41da09fc93a447baf023cda867c73fd"
+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 1536 (20152016) — Elections.
+
+Existing law makes numerous references to federal laws related to elections.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **03/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1536&version=20150AB153699INT)
+2. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1536&version=20150AB153697CHP)
+3. **AB1536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1536)
+4. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1536&version=20150AB153698ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading AB1536 Committee On E.&R.(Ridley-Thomas) By Anderson — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1536 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-26** From printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
+- **2015-04-06** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1560.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-18** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.
+- **2015-08-31** From inactive file.
+- **2015-08-31** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2582.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
+- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 732, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e492ac87-d867-4ce8-95e6-e0199ea849af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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