---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: ballot label."
description: "Existing law defines the ballot label as the portion of the ballot containing the names of the candidates or a statement of a measure. For statewide measures, existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare a condensed version of the ballot title and summary, including the fiscal impact summary prepared by the Legislative Analyst that is printed in the state voter information guide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1416"
citation: "California AB 1416 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: ballot label."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70d4efce-6094-4832-8246-6f98ce557084"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416"
source_hash: "24b8ea0ea2e71f2511034435510e3e38eb2ded04dbad61aeb821ffdc687a50e7"
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 1416 (20212022) — Elections: ballot label.

Existing law defines the ballot label as the portion of the ballot containing the names of the candidates or a statement of a measure. For statewide measures, existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare a condensed version of the ballot title and summary, including the fiscal impact summary prepared by the Legislative Analyst that is printed in the state voter information guide.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141699INT)
2. **01/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141696AMD)
3. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141698AMD)
4. **04/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141697AMD)
5. **06/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141695AMD)
6. **08/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141694AMD)
7. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141692CHP)
8. **AB1416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416)
9. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1416&version=20210AB141693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1416 Santiago et al. By Stern — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1416 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- AB 1416 Santiago Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **53–15** (pass) · lower
- AB 1416 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)
- Allen — principal coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
- Chiu — author (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — author (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
- Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
- Umberg — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 3397.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 3427.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70d4efce-6094-4832-8246-6f98ce557084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).