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Bill	Political party qualification.	Existing law specifies the methods for a political party to qualify to participate in a primary election. Existing law provides that a party is qualified to participate in a primary election if, at the last preceding gubernatorial election, there was polled for any one of its candidates for any office voted on throughout the state, at least 2% of the entire vote of the state. Existing law also provides that a party is qualified to participate in a primary election if, on or before the 135th day before the primary election, it appears to the Secretary of State, as a result of examining and totaling the statement of voters transmitted by county elections officials, that voters equal in number to at least 1% of the entire vote of the state at the last gubernatorial election have declared an intention to affiliate with that party.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2351	California AB 2351 (20132014)	bill	Political party qualification.	enacted	Gordon	5	23	5	2014-02-21	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/344444fa-9bd2-4a42-abec-5f5f0fa72dfa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2351	8f3f909447f1008f46c51f1a8fa352665b07dd99cf8d71915915ede8f4d9f061	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2351 (20132014) — Political party qualification.

Existing law specifies the methods for a political party to qualify to participate in a primary election. Existing law provides that a party is qualified to participate in a primary election if, at the last preceding gubernatorial election, there was polled for any one of its candidates for any office voted on throughout the state, at least 2% of the entire vote of the state. Existing law also provides that a party is qualified to participate in a primary election if, on or before the 135th day before the primary election, it appears to the Secretary of State, as a result of examining and totaling the statement of voters transmitted by county elections officials, that voters equal in number to at least 1% of the entire vote of the state at the last gubernatorial election have declared an intention to affiliate with that party.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/21/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2351 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2351 Gordon By DeSaulnier — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2351 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2351 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon — 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
• 2014-03-10 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4949.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-22 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. 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
• 2014-06-23 From consent calendar.
• 2014-06-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2014-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4836.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.)
• 2014-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6477.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/344444fa-9bd2-4a42-abec-5f5f0fa72dfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).