---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election petitions: circulators."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits the circulation of initiative, referendum, and recall petitions and nominating papers by a person who is not a resident of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "California SB 213 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election petitions: circulators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e6a1786-0af0-4500-8127-a131767b6efb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB213"
source_hash: "eeca77055f0aa126cb74ef85a2ff890d375ddd605e3423a9abfd26520cbe0135"
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 213 (20132014) — Election petitions: circulators.

Existing law generally prohibits the circulation of initiative, referendum, and recall petitions and nominating papers by a person who is not a resident of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB213&version=20130SB21399INT)
2. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB213&version=20130SB21398AMD)
3. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB213&version=20130SB21396CHP)
4. **SB213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB213)
5. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB213&version=20130SB21397ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 213 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN — **51–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 213 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN Amend By WAGNER Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
- **2013-02-12** (Introduced measure version corrected February 13.) `introduction`
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2013-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 325.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 567.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1008.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1186.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Amendments by Assembly Member Wagner tabled on motion by Assembly Member Atkins. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2697.)
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 2698.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 278, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e6a1786-0af0-4500-8127-a131767b6efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).