--- type: "Bill" title: "Elections: procedure." description: "(1) Existing law requires that a notice of intention and the title and summary of a local ordinance proposed to be submitted to the voters of an incorporated city be published or posted, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 327" citation: "California SB 327 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Elections: procedure."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-02-15" last_action: "2011-09-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64fe93ac-3662-4d63-b9ab-f2d7e9b85d01" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327" source_hash: "6fe6885d1c1a516afc23e5122409f6294699b54800ee453d204876d73d147746" 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 327 (20112012) — Elections: procedure. (1) Existing law requires that a notice of intention and the title and summary of a local ordinance proposed to be submitted to the voters of an incorporated city be published or posted, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32799INT) 2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32798AMD) 3. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32797AMD) 4. **06/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32796AMD) 5. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32794CHP) 6. **SB327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327) 7. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32795ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB327 Committee on E.& C.A. (Correa) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd SB327 Committee on E.& C.A. — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 327 E. & C.A. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 5. - **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 541.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2. - **2011-04-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2343.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-07-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1910.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m. - **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 248, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64fe93ac-3662-4d63-b9ab-f2d7e9b85d01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).