---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot designations."
description: "Ballot designations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 400"
citation: "California AB 400 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot designations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77bfa9ba-cb44-4110-a521-119190633c32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400"
source_hash: "3fbfd0d8ca1c10c427f013280ee1660ef80da52689cba787347e5e4d3cca2e40"
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 400 (20012002) — Ballot designations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400&version=20010AB40099INT)
2. **01/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400&version=20010AB40098AMD)
3. **06/10/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400&version=20010AB40097AMD)
4. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400&version=20010AB40096AMD)
5. **09/05/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400&version=20010AB40094CHP)
6. **AB400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400&version=20010AB40095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 400 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB400 Simitian By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 400 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 7625.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 5367.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-10** 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`
- **2002-03-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 4597.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-10** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. 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, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** 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/77bfa9ba-cb44-4110-a521-119190633c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).