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Bill	Election ballots: identical candidate names.	Existing law sets forth the procedures, requirements, and specifications relating to ballots used in all elections. Existing law authorizes a person who is a candidate for any office to file a statement with the county elections official attesting to his or her belief that some other person with a similar name that may be confused with his or her name has filed or will file a nomination paper for the same office and requesting that a number be printed with his or her name on the ballot as a distinguishing mark. Existing law sets forth the type and placement requirements with respect to the distinguishing mark. Existing law requires the elections official to place a warning that there are candidates for the same office with identical names on the ballot, any sample ballot, ballot pamphlet, or other mailing sent by the official.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1316	California AB 1316 (20132014)	bill	Election ballots: identical candidate names.	enacted	Harkey	5	20	5	2013-02-22	2013-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4eb9785f-571d-4007-95c9-3b67bf66097f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1316	bf02113580f2a9e6b38e1df8f8da87b9a22501bdf3251b93307858e0ca72f490	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1316 (20132014) — Election ballots: identical candidate names.

Existing law sets forth the procedures, requirements, and specifications relating to ballots used in all elections. Existing law authorizes a person who is a candidate for any office to file a statement with the county elections official attesting to his or her belief that some other person with a similar name that may be confused with his or her name has filed or will file a nomination paper for the same office and requesting that a number be printed with his or her name on the ballot as a distinguishing mark. Existing law sets forth the type and placement requirements with respect to the distinguishing mark. Existing law requires the elections official to place a warning that there are candidates for the same office with identical names on the ballot, any sample ballot, ballot pamphlet, or other mailing sent by the official.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/13/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1316 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1316 HARKEY Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harkey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-16 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1344.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2013-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1607.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2013-08-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2013-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4eb9785f-571d-4007-95c9-3b67bf66097f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).