---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 583"
citation: "California AB 583 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e75207f-491c-4c86-bbfb-7b43782d8223"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583"
source_hash: "fde8b0166e5485a8fbccbe2fecd565c2719cc742f21b713e0aac3cf6b6dc7596"
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 583 (20072008) — Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58399INT)
2. **06/04/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58398AMD)
3. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58397AMD)
4. **06/26/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58396AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58395AMD)
6. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58394AMD)
7. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58393AMD)
8. **08/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58392AMD)
9. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58390CHP)
10. **AB583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583)
11. **09/09/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583&version=20070AB58391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 583 HANCOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 583 HANCOCK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB583 Hancock By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5. Page 1852.) (May 9). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 34. Page 2038.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 18. Page 5474.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 7059.)
- **2008-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 7066.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 735, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e75207f-491c-4c86-bbfb-7b43782d8223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).