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Bill	Political party organization: county central committees.	Existing law establishes the political party organizations of the Democratic Party of California, the California Republican Party, the American Independent Party of California, and the Peace and Freedom Party of California. Existing law requires the members of a county central committee of each of those parties be elected in each county at every statewide direct primary election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1272	California SB 1272 (20112012)	bill	Political party organization: county central committees.	enacted	Kehoe	7	25	6	2012-02-23	2012-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a91f7238-9fe2-4ee2-af51-3a7ae71a2bb7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1272	5ac948539b6191e13d3baadddae12415988609df825da7900c5047247649c35c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1272 (20112012) — Political party organization: county central committees.

Existing law establishes the political party organizations of the Democratic Party of California, the California Republican Party, the American Independent Party of California, and the Peace and Freedom Party of California. Existing law requires the members of a county central committee of each of those parties be elected in each county at every statewide direct primary election.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/24/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1272 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 30–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1272 Kehoe Concurrence — 26–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1272 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By FONG — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kehoe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2012-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3232.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
• 2012-05-07 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 3528.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-06-04 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-16 From consent calendar.
• 2012-08-16 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6344.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 5029.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2012-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a91f7238-9fe2-4ee2-af51-3a7ae71a2bb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).