Existing law, the Alquist Open Presidential Primary Act, specifies procedures for the selection of delegates and alternates to represent the state at the national convention of the Democratic Party to nominate a candidate for President of the United States. Under the act, participation in the delegate selection process is restricted to Democratic voters only who publicly declare their party preference as Democratic supporters and whose affidavits of registration declare the Democratic Party as their party affiliation. The delegates are required to be selected from each congressional district based on a specified formula.
California AB 1689 (20092010) — Elections: Democratic Party.
Existing law, the Alquist Open Presidential Primary Act, specifies procedures for the selection of delegates and alternates to represent the state at the national convention of the Democratic Party to nominate a candidate for President of the United States. Under the act, participation in the delegate selection process is restricted to Democratic voters only who publicly declare their party preference as Democratic supporters and whose affidavits of registration declare the Democratic Party as their party affiliation. The delegates are required to be selected from each congressional district based on a specified formula.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Torres — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-01-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-01-27 From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
2010-02-04 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2010-04-06 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-04-15 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4820.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-05-06 Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. referral-committee
2010-06-17 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. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-06-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. committee-passage
2010-08-03 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-05 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4373.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2010-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6090.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2010-08-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
2010-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 190, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35c4533d-0576-4330-8cf2-21f01c7eecb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).