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type: "Bill"
title: "Redistricting."
description: "Existing law, as added by constitutional initiative, establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission, and charges it with various duties and responsibilities in connection with redistricting Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and congressional districts, as specified. Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and charges it with various duties and responsibilities in connection with the incarceration and rehabilitation of prisoners, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 420"
citation: "California AB 420 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Redistricting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a910de-6693-4f25-b698-46c226de0b4b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420"
source_hash: "ed807bf7e0bd8ba418632d5ec45ba67cc1eb60ab731487bb4b3bc3308e7bf36e"
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 420 (20112012) — Redistricting.
Existing law, as added by constitutional initiative, establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission, and charges it with various duties and responsibilities in connection with redistricting Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and congressional districts, as specified. Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and charges it with various duties and responsibilities in connection with the incarceration and rehabilitation of prisoners, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42099INT)
2. **04/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42098AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42097AMD)
4. **06/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42096AMD)
5. **07/05/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42095AMD)
6. **08/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42094AMD)
7. **08/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42093AMD)
8. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42091CHP)
9. **AB420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420)
10. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB420&version=20110AB42092ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB420 Davis By Corbett — **2314** (pass) · upper
- AB 420 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **4532** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **52** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **63** (pass) · upper
- AB 420 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **4232** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Elections and Redistricting. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **32** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Davis — primary (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Wright — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1589.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 32. Page 1697.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** 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`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2131.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 3016.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 548, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32a910de-6693-4f25-b698-46c226de0b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).