---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local initiative measures: ballot printing specifications."
description: "Existing law requires that the ballots used when voting upon a proposed county, city, or district ordinance submitted to the voters as an initiative measure have printed on them a specified statement describing the nature of the proposed ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 195"
citation: "California AB 195 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local initiative measures: ballot printing specifications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/553c0160-0aeb-478a-979d-0edccdbe54a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB195"
source_hash: "0d6cf56257e086e53da9769cdadfd749f69c404dd69d34c52359950ca5bfd5c8"
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 195 (20172018) — Local initiative measures: ballot printing specifications.

Existing law requires that the ballots used when voting upon a proposed county, city, or district ordinance submitted to the voters as an initiative measure have printed on them a specified statement describing the nature of the proposed ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB195&version=20170AB19599INT)
2. **03/14/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB195&version=20170AB19598AMD)
3. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB195&version=20170AB19596CHP)
4. **AB195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB195)
5. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB195&version=20170AB19597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 195 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB195 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** 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`
- **2017-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1142.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1841.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 105, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/553c0160-0aeb-478a-979d-0edccdbe54a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).