---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot initiatives: filing fees."
description: "Existing law requires a fee of $200 to be paid by the proponents when a proposed ballot initiative or referendum is submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1100"
citation: "California AB 1100 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot initiatives: filing fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/466a2039-592d-4a1f-99d2-fdac7b761c84"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100"
source_hash: "e586b2747fa8632de2ebd42b83e3bcfb37b22e9e94ce3a86359317b36c7e103c"
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 1100 (20152016) — Ballot initiatives: filing fees.

Existing law requires a fee of $200 to be paid by the proponents when a proposed ballot initiative or referendum is submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100&version=20150AB110099INT)
2. **03/24/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100&version=20150AB110098AMD)
3. **06/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100&version=20150AB110097AMD)
4. **07/09/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100&version=20150AB110096AMD)
5. **09/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100&version=20150AB110094CHP)
6. **AB1100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100)
7. **08/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1100&version=20150AB110095ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1100 Low By Lara — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1100 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **48–31** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1100 LOW Assembly Third Reading — **46–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Bloom — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 1585.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2053.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 2525.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/466a2039-592d-4a1f-99d2-fdac7b761c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).