---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local elections."
description: "Local elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1731"
citation: "California AB 1731 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90601b73-b370-4554-a50e-ed1a383bc40a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1731"
source_hash: "9b6885e3010e8d0a5f90c9862f73501b70b062c30205be59ffc1087e772af83a"
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 1731 (20072008) — Local elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1731&version=20070AB173199INT)
2. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1731&version=20070AB173197CHP)
3. **AB1731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1731)
4. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1731&version=20070AB173198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1731 E.& R. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB1731 Committee on E. & R. (Price) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-03-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** (Corrected May 3.)
- **2007-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1364.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** From Consent Calendar.
- **2007-06-28** To inactive file on motion of Senator Scott.
- **2007-09-04** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2007-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2460.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 286, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90601b73-b370-4554-a50e-ed1a383bc40a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).