---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: ballot measures."
description: "Existing law permits the voters to propose and adopt a statute or constitutional amendment through the power of the initiative, and to approve or reject a statute or a part of a statute through the power of the referendum, by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed measure and is certified to have been signed by a specified number of electors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "California SB 202 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: ballot measures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bf137bc-a9c1-421a-8aac-b6fab2a98459"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202"
source_hash: "6273d8bba4de790ee611e5775489c4dbc4a91c716cdf7b0c0e4008551a4feb5e"
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 SB 202 (20112012) — Elections: ballot measures.

Existing law permits the voters to propose and adopt a statute or constitutional amendment through the power of the initiative, and to approve or reject a statute or a part of a statute through the power of the referendum, by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed measure and is certified to have been signed by a specified number of electors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202&version=20110SB20299INT)
2. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202&version=20110SB20298AMD)
3. **09/08/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202&version=20110SB20297AMD)
4. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202&version=20110SB20295CHP)
5. **SB202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202)
6. **09/14/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202&version=20110SB20296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 202 Hancock Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **45–30** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 202 Hancock Senate Third Reading By GORDON Amend By GORDON Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB202 Hancock Concurrence — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **23–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Gordon — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 852.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1013.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1176.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2813.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-02** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3172.)
- **2011-09-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-09** Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2011-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 3187.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-09** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2464.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-09-09** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 2498.) `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2486.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 558, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bf137bc-a9c1-421a-8aac-b6fab2a98459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).