republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "(1) Under existing law, ordinances may be enacted by any county and a proposed ordinance may be submitted by the county board of supervisors to the voters within a county. Existing law also permits the voters in a county to submit a proposed ordinance or a proposal to enact, amend, or otherwise revise a county charter to the board of supervisors for that county. The board of supervisors may also submit to the voters, without a petition, an ordinance for the repeal, amendment, or enactment of any ordinance. Under existing law, when a county measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, arguments for or against the county measure may be submitted to the voters of the county. An argument for or against a county measure may be submitted by the board of supervisors, any member of the board of supervisors who is authorized by the board to submit an argument, an individual who is eligible to vote on the measure, or a bona fide association of citizens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1574"
citation: "California AB 1574 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-03-17"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c792a21b-440e-488c-ae9d-37db12fc6f73"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574"
source_hash: "f1804f94798b80b782f24637a2597abfc333d192c5aa9dee4acfa688915a086b"
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 1574 (20092010) — Elections.

(1) Under existing law, ordinances may be enacted by any county and a proposed ordinance may be submitted by the county board of supervisors to the voters within a county. Existing law also permits the voters in a county to submit a proposed ordinance or a proposal to enact, amend, or otherwise revise a county charter to the board of supervisors for that county. The board of supervisors may also submit to the voters, without a petition, an ordinance for the repeal, amendment, or enactment of any ordinance. Under existing law, when a county measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, arguments for or against the county measure may be submitted to the voters of the county. An argument for or against a county measure may be submitted by the board of supervisors, any member of the board of supervisors who is authorized by the board to submit an argument, an individual who is eligible to vote on the measure, or a bona fide association of citizens.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/17/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574&version=20090AB157499INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574&version=20090AB157498AMD)
3. **08/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574&version=20090AB157497AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574&version=20090AB157495CHP)
5. **AB1574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574)
6. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1574&version=20090AB157496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1574 E.& R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FONG — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1574 E.& R. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 AB1574 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Hancock — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** From printer. May be heard in committee April 17.
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1367.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** To inactive file on motion of Senator Hancock.
- **2009-08-26** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2009-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2132.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3089.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c792a21b-440e-488c-ae9d-37db12fc6f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).