---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter's pamphlet: electronic candidate statement."
description: "Existing law permits a candidate for a nonpartisan elective office in any local agency, which includes any city, county, city and county, or district, to prepare a written statement, pursuant to specified guidelines, to be included in a voter's pamphlet that is mailed to each voter. Existing law requires each voter's pamphlet to contain a notice in the heading of the first page of that pamphlet in heavy-faced gothic type that, among other things, each candidate's statement in the pamphlet is volunteered by the candidate. Existing law requires an elections official to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2010"
citation: "California AB 2010 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voter's pamphlet: electronic candidate statement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a0aba1-8a69-484d-bf57-891981e9cec6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2010"
source_hash: "791dd53fb279f6747186c418d7a80953aad322a48eae518b395076a5e6345200"
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 2010 (20152016) — Voter's pamphlet: electronic candidate statement.

Existing law permits a candidate for a nonpartisan elective office in any local agency, which includes any city, county, city and county, or district, to prepare a written statement, pursuant to specified guidelines, to be included in a voter's pamphlet that is mailed to each voter. Existing law requires each voter's pamphlet to contain a notice in the heading of the first page of that pamphlet in heavy-faced gothic type that, among other things, each candidate's statement in the pamphlet is volunteered by the candidate. Existing law requires an elections official to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2010&version=20150AB201099INT)
2. **05/25/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2010&version=20150AB201098AMD)
3. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2010&version=20150AB201096CHP)
4. **AB2010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2010)
5. **08/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2010&version=20150AB201097ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2010 Ridley-Thomas — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2010 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2010 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4689.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4643.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5637.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40a0aba1-8a69-484d-bf57-891981e9cec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).