---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting."
description: "(1) Under existing law, a candidate may have a ballot designation appear on the ballot immediately under his or her name, as prescribed. If the candidate chooses a ballot designation, he or she must submit to the county elections official a ballot designation worksheet with his or her declaration of candidacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1572"
citation: "California AB 1572 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-03-17"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f1fef56-4df3-4e5f-a988-03ba66651950"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1572"
source_hash: "785ae2c5b24500c84608876c828b4a03de5bb14479c84c669b87831b1cd4e80a"
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 1572 (20092010) — Voting.

(1) Under existing law, a candidate may have a ballot designation appear on the ballot immediately under his or her name, as prescribed. If the candidate chooses a ballot designation, he or she must submit to the county elections official a ballot designation worksheet with his or her declaration of candidacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/17/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1572&version=20090AB157299INT)
2. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1572&version=20090AB157297CHP)
3. **AB1572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1572)
4. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1572&version=20090AB157298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1572 E.& R. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #19 AB1572 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** From printer. May be heard in committee April 17.
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1370.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-22** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2009-06-22** To inactive file on motion of Senator Hancock.
- **2009-08-31** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2224.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f1fef56-4df3-4e5f-a988-03ba66651950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).