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Bill	Vacancies in office: special elections.	Existing law requires the Governor to issue a proclamation calling a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress or either house of the Legislature within 14 days of when the vacancy occurs. Existing law requires that a special general election be conducted to fill the vacancy on a Tuesday at least 112 days, but not more than 126 days, following the issuance of the election proclamation. Existing law requires that a special primary election be conducted on a Tuesday either 8 or 9 weeks prior to the date of the special general election, as specified. Existing law imposes deadlines relating to the filing of nomination papers for a candidate in a special primary election, as specified. Existing law also imposes deadlines for submitting an application for a vote by mail ballot in a special election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1275	California SB 1275 (20112012)	bill	Vacancies in office: special elections.	enacted	Lieu	5	21	5	2012-02-23	2012-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/78c48484-956a-4db7-a613-e96070ef2203	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1275	9a1f2d2060fc370538da3a76717d46f10ddd132ca84d42c6266e4c869f000b11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1275 (20112012) — Vacancies in office: special elections.

Existing law requires the Governor to issue a proclamation calling a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress or either house of the Legislature within 14 days of when the vacancy occurs. Existing law requires that a special general election be conducted to fill the vacancy on a Tuesday at least 112 days, but not more than 126 days, following the issuance of the election proclamation. Existing law requires that a special primary election be conducted on a Tuesday either 8 or 9 weeks prior to the date of the special general election, as specified. Existing law imposes deadlines relating to the filing of nomination papers for a candidate in a special primary election, as specified. Existing law also imposes deadlines for submitting an application for a vote by mail ballot in a special 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. 04/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/28/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1275 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1275 Lieu Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #10 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)
• La Malfa — coauthor (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.
• 2012-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3233.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 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
• 2012-05-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3495.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-14 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-05-25 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 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 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5968.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2012-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 685, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78c48484-956a-4db7-a613-e96070ef2203. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).