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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections: ballot measures."
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description: "Under existing law, whenever a county measure or a school measure qualifies for the ballot, arguments for or against the measure may be submitted to the voters of the county or district. An argument for or against a county measure or a school measure may be submitted to elections officials by any member or members of the governing board authorized by the board to submit an argument."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 2796"
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citation: "California AB 2796 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections: ballot measures."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2010-03-25"
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last_action: "2010-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebb0fe20-910a-4e16-9b81-36b399c2daad"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2796"
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source_hash: "02584ec4601c321f5ecf509e53bf14923f6dce25a89fd5eb809eb592c9fedf85"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2796 (20092010) — Elections: ballot measures.
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Under existing law, whenever a county measure or a school measure qualifies for the ballot, arguments for or against the measure may be submitted to the voters of the county or district. An argument for or against a county measure or a school measure may be submitted to elections officials by any member or members of the governing board authorized by the board to submit an argument.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **03/25/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2796&version=20090AB279699INT)
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2. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2796&version=20090AB279697CHP)
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3. **AB2796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2796)
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4. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2796&version=20090AB279698ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2796 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Strickland — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2796 E.& R. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2010-03-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2010-03-26** From printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
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- **2010-04-08** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-05-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5158.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-07-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-02** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2010-08-02** To inactive file on motion of Senator Hancock.
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- **2010-08-18** From inactive file.
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- **2010-08-18** To second reading.
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- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4784.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
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- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
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- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 401, Statutes of 2010.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebb0fe20-910a-4e16-9b81-36b399c2daad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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