---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election ballots and voter pamphlets."
description: "Election ballots and voter pamphlets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 302"
citation: "California AB 302 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election ballots and voter pamphlets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e00d8c0-19c1-4201-b67d-d0701b272842"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB302"
source_hash: "b71974280dfab8df2f7dea6e002ba65a707177db14c3302dbe56ca0fa0ef7523"
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 302 (20012002) — Election ballots and voter pamphlets.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB302&version=20010AB30299INT)
2. **05/10/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB302&version=20010AB30298AMD)
3. **10/14/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB302&version=20010AB30296CHP)
4. **AB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB302)
5. **09/04/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB302&version=20010AB30297ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB302 Migden By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 302 Migden Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 916, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2568.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 1587.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-01** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/0e00d8c0-19c1-4201-b67d-d0701b272842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).