---
type: "Bill"
title: "Petitions: filings."
description: "Existing law provides that an initiative or referendum measure may be proposed by filing with elections officials a petition signed by a specified number of voters. Under existing law, the proponents of an initiative measure have 150 days to gather signatures and file the initiative petition, and the proponents of a referendum measure have 90 days to gather signatures and file the referendum petition. Under existing law generally, when the last day to perform an act falls on a holiday, the time in which to perform that act is extended to the next business day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2093"
citation: "California AB 2093 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Petitions: filings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5840ae84-a0b3-4582-92c7-de6bf2398dca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093"
source_hash: "b1b91d8dc1feae18ca3ec8eaff24f9f88a534033125da6db937c91e1ad8113ab"
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 2093 (20132014) — Petitions: filings.

Existing law provides that an initiative or referendum measure may be proposed by filing with elections officials a petition signed by a specified number of voters. Under existing law, the proponents of an initiative measure have 150 days to gather signatures and file the initiative petition, and the proponents of a referendum measure have 90 days to gather signatures and file the referendum petition. Under existing law generally, when the last day to perform an act falls on a holiday, the time in which to perform that act is extended to the next business day.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093&version=20130AB209399INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093&version=20130AB209398AMD)
3. **05/13/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093&version=20130AB209397AMD)
4. **07/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093&version=20130AB209395CHP)
5. **AB2093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093)
6. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2093&version=20130AB209396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2093 GROVE Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5006.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4142.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5840ae84-a0b3-4582-92c7-de6bf2398dca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).