---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government elections."
description: "Local government elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2082"
citation: "California AB 2082 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c5de77-9aed-4c3f-9885-2138fd51aaba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082"
source_hash: "e365e60a822e2108075a32a567213864e11fbbf53349070e4311c8cc2316d315"
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 2082 (20012002) — Local government elections.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082&version=20010AB208299INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082&version=20010AB208298AMD)
3. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082&version=20010AB208297AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082&version=20010AB208295CHP)
5. **AB2082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082)
6. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2082&version=20010AB208296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2082 Longville Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2082 Longville Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2082 Longville — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 7528.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 6). `committee-passage`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-28** Re-referred to Com. on E.R. & C.A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Not subject to Joint Rule 61 deadlines pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5028.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6078.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-02-25** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7c5de77-9aed-4c3f-9885-2138fd51aaba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).