republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2597.md

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Bill	Municipal elections.	Municipal elections.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 2597	California AB 2597 (20012002)	bill	Municipal elections.	enacted	Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments	4	14	4	2002-02-21	2002-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/af325328-a236-4f74-a167-5abcf01f1778	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2597	db5d7fe171da8af9d1a51f9d8137be59d5def5616b1a3f66dba3dd56f8752ff6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2597 (20012002) — Municipal elections.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/02 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/06/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2597 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2597 E.,R.& C.A. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2597 Committee on E.R.& CA (Longville) — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-06-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 53, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-06-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-05-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2002-05-23 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2002-05-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4364.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-05-16 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-04-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2002-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2002-04-11 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5459.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-04-04 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-04-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2002-03-07 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2002-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2002-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af325328-a236-4f74-a167-5abcf01f1778. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).