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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections: ballot language."
+description: "Existing law specifies the format of language printed on ballots for various ballot measures relating to local governments, including cities, counties, school districts, and other special districts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "AB 1512"
+citation: "California AB 1512 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "ballotlanguage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-10"
+last_action: "2025-10-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6edf7a0f-0835-4f2b-909d-522a34747535"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512"
+source_hash: "cadc222a3a9cfe36d769a35da7294d64637a58b5b0182fd646403966884c1f3b"
+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 1512 (20252026) — Elections: ballot language.
+
+Existing law specifies the format of language printed on ballots for various ballot measures relating to local governments, including cities, counties, school districts, and other special districts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **03/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151299INT)
+2. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151298AMD)
+3. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151296CHP)
+4. **AB1512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512)
+5. **08/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151297ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1512 Elections Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1512 ELECTIONS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Elections — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-11** From printer. May be heard in committee April 10.
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1488.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-21** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2249.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2025-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6edf7a0f-0835-4f2b-909d-522a34747535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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