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type: "Bill"
title: "Presidential primary: election date."
description: "Existing law provides that the presidential primary election is to be held on the first Tuesday in February of those years in which a national presidential election is to be held."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 80"
citation: "California AB 80 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Presidential primary: election date."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-01-03"
last_action: "2011-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c244ca5e-e730-4d19-b1ef-c8a44010857b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB80"
source_hash: "7ab85bd634cc2b3b306fd3e862495a37a1ed556476ac6155c66cc6e1ac802fc3"
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 80 (20112012) — Presidential primary: election date.
Existing law provides that the presidential primary election is to be held on the first Tuesday in February of those years in which a national presidential election is to be held.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB80&version=20110AB8099INT)
2. **03/03/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB80&version=20110AB8098AMD)
3. **07/29/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB80&version=20110AB8096CHP)
4. **AB80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB80)
5. **07/18/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB80&version=20110AB8097ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB80 Fong By De León — **343** (pass) · upper
- AB 80 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fong — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 903.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1846.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-07-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c244ca5e-e730-4d19-b1ef-c8a44010857b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).