---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary elections: candidate withdrawals."
description: "Existing law requires candidates for an office at a primary election to deliver their nomination documents to the county elections official no later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the primary election, or in specified cases, no later than 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the primary election. Existing law prohibits a person who has delivered nomination documents to the county elections official from withdrawing their candidacy. Existing law further prohibits a person from filing nomination documents for a party nomination and an independent nomination for the same office, or for more than one office at the same election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1784"
citation: "California AB 1784 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary elections", "candidate withdrawals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b8e74d2-44c0-4b96-857e-4e3f7a74e307"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784"
source_hash: "e6dfa8421277c279cc9b46708af2790e3da159a35a37f31a1a922be9e4a86719"
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 1784 (20232024) — Primary elections: candidate withdrawals.

Existing law requires candidates for an office at a primary election to deliver their nomination documents to the county elections official no later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the primary election, or in specified cases, no later than 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the primary election. Existing law prohibits a person who has delivered nomination documents to the county elections official from withdrawing their candidacy. Existing law further prohibits a person from filing nomination documents for a party nomination and an independent nomination for the same office, or for more than one office at the same election.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178499INT)
2. **03/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178498AMD)
3. **04/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178497AMD)
4. **04/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178496AMD)
5. **06/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178495AMD)
6. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178493CHP)
7. **AB1784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784)
8. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784&version=20230AB178494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1784 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1784 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1784 Pellerin et al. By Blakespear — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pellerin — primary (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — author (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** 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`
- **2024-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5157.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5231.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6438.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b8e74d2-44c0-4b96-857e-4e3f7a74e307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).