---
type: "Bill"
title: "State elections: measures to be submitted to the voters."
description: "State elections: measures to be submitted to the voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3100"
citation: "California AB 3100 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State elections: measures to be submitted to the voters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-03-18"
last_action: "2004-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec339cb6-e9c2-4a4e-baab-f102c695e2c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3100"
source_hash: "cfb4ffc15ee6c752d2e6ac2d847a658aec6d1a358ff4d188ae132e9eda2ba785"
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 3100 (20032004) — State elections: measures to be submitted to the voters.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3100&version=20030AB310099INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3100&version=20030AB310098AMD)
3. **09/18/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3100&version=20030AB310096CHP)
4. **AB3100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3100)
5. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3100&version=20030AB310097ENR)

## Votes

- ab 3100 e.,r.& c.a. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab3100 committee on e.r.& ca (longville) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5349.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2004-06-24** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2004-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5435.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
- **2004-03-18** 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/ec339cb6-e9c2-4a4e-baab-f102c695e2c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).