republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1689.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: Democratic Party."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1689"
citation: "California AB 1689 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: Democratic Party."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-01-26"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c4533d-0576-4330-8cf2-21f01c7eecb4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1689"
source_hash: "368cb461eb6bcb420853ef653fb98f8c156e4711332add6871cfb7fca0910498"
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 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.

1. **01/26/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1689&version=20090AB168999INT)
2. **06/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1689&version=20090AB168998AMD)
3. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1689&version=20090AB168996CHP)
4. **AB1689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1689)
5. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1689&version=20090AB168997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1689 TORRES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1689 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1689 Torres — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35c4533d-0576-4330-8cf2-21f01c7eecb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).