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Bill	Elections: ballot measures.	Existing law permits the voters to propose and adopt a statute or constitutional amendment through the power of the initiative, and to approve or reject a statute or a part of a statute through the power of the referendum, by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed measure and is certified to have been signed by a specified number of electors.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 202	California SB 202 (20112012)	bill	Elections: ballot measures.	enacted	Hancock	6	30	10	2011-02-08	2011-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9bf137bc-a9c1-421a-8aac-b6fab2a98459	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB202	6273d8bba4de790ee611e5775489c4dbc4a91c716cdf7b0c0e4008551a4feb5e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 202 (20112012) — Elections: ballot measures.

Existing law permits the voters to propose and adopt a statute or constitutional amendment through the power of the initiative, and to approve or reject a statute or a part of a statute through the power of the referendum, by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed measure and is certified to have been signed by a specified number of electors.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB202 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 202 Hancock Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 45–30 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 202 Hancock Senate Third Reading By GORDON Amend By GORDON Set #1 — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• W/O REF. TO FILE SB202 Hancock Concurrence — 23–15 (pass) · upper
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 23–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (person)
• Gordon — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2011-04-08 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 852.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1013.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1176.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2813.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-02 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2011-09-08 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
• 2011-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3172.)
• 2011-09-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-09-09 Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
• 2011-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 3187.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2011-09-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2464.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2011-09-09 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 2498.) committee-passage
• 2011-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2486.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-16 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 558, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9bf137bc-a9c1-421a-8aac-b6fab2a98459. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).