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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consolidation of elections."
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description: "Under existing law, whenever two or more elections are called to be held on the same day, in the same territory, or in territory that is in part the same, the elections may be consolidated. If one of the elections to be consolidated is a statewide election or a specified local election, existing law requires the consolidated election to be held and conducted, and all other proceedings incidental to and connected with the election to be regulated and done, in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the statewide or regularly scheduled election."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 331"
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citation: "California AB 331 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Consolidation of elections."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2013-02-13"
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last_action: "2013-08-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acd482ce-09b0-48c1-ae8e-e139ecd1d795"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB331"
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source_hash: "3c3598d2eee917f3ec1324c5ed8a7c8f1bc4382317b130ccc70c11b550cc60b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 331 (20132014) — Consolidation of elections.
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Under existing law, whenever two or more elections are called to be held on the same day, in the same territory, or in territory that is in part the same, the elections may be consolidated. If one of the elections to be consolidated is a statewide election or a specified local election, existing law requires the consolidated election to be held and conducted, and all other proceedings incidental to and connected with the election to be regulated and done, in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the statewide or regularly scheduled election.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB331&version=20130AB33199INT)
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2. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB331&version=20130AB33198AMD)
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3. **08/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB331&version=20130AB33196CHP)
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4. **AB331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB331)
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5. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB331&version=20130AB33197ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 331 GARCIA Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2013-04-30** 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`
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- **2013-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1475.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
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- **2013-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acd482ce-09b0-48c1-ae8e-e139ecd1d795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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