Existing law provides that an initiative or referendum measure may be proposed by filing with elections officials a petition signed by a specified number of voters. Under existing law, the proponents of an initiative measure have 150 days to gather signatures and file the initiative petition, and the proponents of a referendum measure have 90 days to gather signatures and file the referendum petition. Under existing law generally, when the last day to perform an act falls on a holiday, the time in which to perform that act is extended to the next business day.
California AB 2093 (20132014) — Petitions: filings.
Existing law provides that an initiative or referendum measure may be proposed by filing with elections officials a petition signed by a specified number of voters. Under existing law, the proponents of an initiative measure have 150 days to gather signatures and file the initiative petition, and the proponents of a referendum measure have 90 days to gather signatures and file the referendum petition. Under existing law generally, when the last day to perform an act falls on a holiday, the time in which to perform that act is extended to the next business day.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2093 GROVE Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Grove — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2014-03-28 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2014-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5006.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-28 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4142.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-06-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
2014-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5840ae84-a0b3-4582-92c7-de6bf2398dca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).