---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: City of Bell."
description: "Existing provisions of the California Constitution and statute authorize the recall of local officers. Existing law provides that the results of a recall election be declared in substantially the manner provided by law for a regular election for the office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 93"
citation: "California AB 93 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: City of Bell."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eef55a1d-37d0-4e3a-a1ee-62cd8b2e6b6e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB93"
source_hash: "9f29f2e9e944b8a5f632698e31f355d6eb69e96b1b16eadc48c99a1fc68aa738"
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 93 (20112012) — Elections: City of Bell.

Existing provisions of the California Constitution and statute authorize the recall of local officers. Existing law provides that the results of a recall election be declared in substantially the manner provided by law for a regular election for the office.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB93&version=20110AB9399INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB93&version=20110AB9398AMD)
3. **03/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB93&version=20110AB9396CHP)
4. **AB93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB93)
5. **03/22/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB93&version=20110AB9397ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB93 Lara By Calderon Urgency Clause — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 93 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **49–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 93 LARA Concurrence - Urgency Added — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Calderon — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2011-02-18** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 0. Page 414.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-03-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 350.)
- **2011-03-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-03-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 378.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 622.)
- **2011-03-21** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-21** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 640.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2011-03-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eef55a1d-37d0-4e3a-a1ee-62cd8b2e6b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).