republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1413.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "Existing provisions of the California Constitution require a \"voter-nominated primary election\" for each state elective office and congressional office in California, in which a voter may vote at the primary election for any candidate for congressional or state elective office without regard to the political party preference disclosed by either the candidate or the voter. The candidates receiving the 2 highest vote totals for each office at the primary election, regardless of party preference, compete for the office at the general election. Existing provisions of the Elections Code implement the \"voter-nominated primary election\" of the California Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1413"
citation: "California AB 1413 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-03-14"
last_action: "2012-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a01940-b31c-4a5d-8239-5baf046cd2c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413"
source_hash: "319e05acbe2eeef622f699b1e9e9b3a0987eb3605df1c61f959a6e72ee77da51"
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 1413 (20112012) — Elections.

Existing provisions of the California Constitution require a "voter-nominated primary election" for each state elective office and congressional office in California, in which a voter may vote at the primary election for any candidate for congressional or state elective office without regard to the political party preference disclosed by either the candidate or the voter. The candidates receiving the 2 highest vote totals for each office at the primary election, regardless of party preference, compete for the office at the general election. Existing provisions of the Elections Code implement the "voter-nominated primary election" of the California Constitution.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413&version=20110AB141399INT)
2. **01/05/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413&version=20110AB141396AMD)
3. **02/10/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413&version=20110AB141394CHP)
4. **08/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413&version=20110AB141398AMD)
5. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413&version=20110AB141397AMD)
6. **AB1413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413)
7. **01/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1413&version=20110AB141395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1413 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1413 Fong By Correa Urgency Clause — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1413 FONG Concurrence - Urgency Added — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1452.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-10** From committee: Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10, that the measure be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (January 10.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-01-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2681.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-01-23** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-26** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 26). `committee-passage`
- **2012-01-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3631.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:40 p.m.
- **2012-02-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-02-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 3, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a01940-b31c-4a5d-8239-5baf046cd2c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).