Initiative and referendum petitions: verification of signatures.
Existing law requires local elections officials to perform various duties with respect to statewide initiative and referendum petitions, including determining the total number of signatures affixed to the petitions, transmitting that information to the Secretary of State, and performing a random sampling technique for verification of signatures on specified petitions. If the sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is within 95 to 110% of the number of signatures of qualified voters needed to declare the petition sufficient, existing law requires election officials or the registrar of voters to examine and verify each signature filed.
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California Legislature
20132014
AB 2219
California AB 2219 (20132014)
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Initiative and referendum petitions: verification of signatures.
California AB 2219 (20132014) — Initiative and referendum petitions: verification of signatures.
Existing law requires local elections officials to perform various duties with respect to statewide initiative and referendum petitions, including determining the total number of signatures affixed to the petitions, transmitting that information to the Secretary of State, and performing a random sampling technique for verification of signatures on specified petitions. If the sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is within 95 to 110% of the number of signatures of qualified voters needed to declare the petition sufficient, existing law requires election officials or the registrar of voters to examine and verify each signature filed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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.
2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2014-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-21 From consent calendar.
2014-04-21 Ordered to third reading.
2014-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4706.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-15 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2014-05-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4464.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6103.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f28f8c22-87da-4d3c-a06c-8d5917bafc4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).