republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-400.md

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Bill	Ballot designations.	Ballot designations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 400	California AB 400 (20012002)	bill	Ballot designations.	enacted	Simitian	7	22	5	2001-02-20	2002-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/77bfa9ba-cb44-4110-a521-119190633c32	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB400	3fbfd0d8ca1c10c427f013280ee1660ef80da52689cba787347e5e4d3cca2e40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 400 (20012002) — Ballot designations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/10/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB400 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/15/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 400 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB400 Simitian By Alpert — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 400 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Simitian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-09-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-08-21 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2002-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 7625.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2002-08-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 5367.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-08-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2002-06-26 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2002-06-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2002-06-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-03-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2002-02-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2002-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2002-01-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 4597.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-01-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-01-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (January 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2002-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2002-01-10 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2001-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77bfa9ba-cb44-4110-a521-119190633c32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).