republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-354.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local ballot measures: impartial analysis."
description: "Under existing law, a county, city, or district ballot measure may be placed on the ballot at the county, city, or district election by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the county board of supervisors, the governing body of the city, or the governing body of the district, respectively. Whenever a county, city, or district measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, existing law requires the county counsel or city attorney, as applicable, to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure showing the effect of the measure on existing law and the operation of the measure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 354"
citation: "California AB 354 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local ballot measures: impartial analysis."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bf8b0e-9e96-487b-a375-e75092c55d20"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354"
source_hash: "75973fe2029df439ca8476f86df571ca200301310107d4d01a0ea785f69f8cce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 354 (20132014) — Local ballot measures: impartial analysis.

Under existing law, a county, city, or district ballot measure may be placed on the ballot at the county, city, or district election by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the county board of supervisors, the governing body of the city, or the governing body of the district, respectively. Whenever a county, city, or district measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, existing law requires the county counsel or city attorney, as applicable, to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure showing the effect of the measure on existing law and the operation of the measure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35499INT)
2. **03/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35498AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35497AMD)
4. **05/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35496AMD)
5. **06/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35495AMD)
6. **07/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35494AMD)
7. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35492CHP)
8. **AB354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354)
9. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB354&version=20130AB35493ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB354 Dahle By Emmerson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 354 DAHLE Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 354 DAHLE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** 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`
- **2013-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** 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`
- **2013-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1526.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1886.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2650.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8bf8b0e-9e96-487b-a375-e75092c55d20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).