Existing law requires a person who seeks to have his or her name printed on the ballot used at the direct primary to file with the county elections official a declaration of candidacy and nomination papers. Existing law requires a person to pay a fee to file his or her declaration of candidacy. Existing law permits a candidate to submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures of registered voters in lieu of the filing fee required for the declaration of candidacy.
California AB 2233 (20132014) — Primary elections: petitions: signatures.
Existing law requires a person who seeks to have his or her name printed on the ballot used at the direct primary to file with the county elections official a declaration of candidacy and nomination papers. Existing law requires a person to pay a fee to file his or her declaration of candidacy. Existing law permits a candidate to submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures of registered voters in lieu of the filing fee required for the declaration of candidacy.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2233 Donnelly By Anderson — 30–3 (pass) · upper
AB 2233 DONNELLY Assembly Third Reading — 70–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Donnelly — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
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 5. 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
2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 5158.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4363.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-07 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-08-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2014-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e810030-817a-451e-871f-69da34ff9034. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).