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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008.	Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 583	California AB 583 (20072008)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008.	enacted	Hancock	11	30	9	2007-02-21	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7e75207f-491c-4c86-bbfb-7b43782d8223	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB583	fde8b0166e5485a8fbccbe2fecd565c2719cc742f21b713e0aac3cf6b6dc7596	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 583 (20072008) — Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections Act of 2008.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/04/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/12/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/22/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB583 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/09/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 583 HANCOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 583 HANCOCK Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB583 Hancock By Steinberg — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Brownley — coauthor (person)
• Corbett — coauthor (person)
• DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
• Eng — coauthor (person)
• Evans — coauthor (person)
• Hayashi — coauthor (person)
• Huffman — coauthor (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)
• Migden — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Oropeza — coauthor (person)
• Perata — coauthor (person)
• Price — coauthor (person)
• Saldana — coauthor (person)
• Swanson — coauthor (person)
• Torrico — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2007-03-26 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5. Page 1852.) (May 9). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 34. Page 2038.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-14 Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2008-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-25 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-06-26 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-04 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2008-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-12 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-19 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-22 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-29 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 18. Page 5474.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2008-08-30 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 7059.)
• 2008-08-30 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2008-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 7066.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 735, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e75207f-491c-4c86-bbfb-7b43782d8223. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).