---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal elections."
description: "Municipal elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2597"
citation: "California AB 2597 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af325328-a236-4f74-a167-5abcf01f1778"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2597"
source_hash: "db5d7fe171da8af9d1a51f9d8137be59d5def5616b1a3f66dba3dd56f8752ff6"
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 2597 (20012002) — Municipal elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2597&version=20010AB259799INT)
2. **06/06/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2597&version=20010AB259797CHP)
3. **AB2597** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2597)
4. **05/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2597&version=20010AB259798ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2597 E.,R.& C.A. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2597 Committee on E.R.& CA (Longville) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-06-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 53, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-06-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-05-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-05-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4364.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5459.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** 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/af325328-a236-4f74-a167-5abcf01f1778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).