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Bill	Initiative measures.	(1) Under existing law, the text of a proposed initiative measure is required to be submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary before the petition may be circulated for signatures. Existing law requires the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to jointly develop an estimate of the fiscal impact of the initiative measure and to deliver that fiscal estimate to the Attorney General within 25 working days, except as specified, for inclusion in the circulating title and summary. Existing law further requires the Secretary of State, upon request of the proponents of an initiative measure, to review the provisions of the initiative measure and to comment on the provisions of the measure with respect to form and language clarity.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 1253	California SB 1253 (20132014)	bill	Initiative measures.	enacted	Steinberg	11	30	8	2014-02-20	2014-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/dd317a8f-110a-43e3-9f2a-3229e3de14ac	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1253	0711bb83c7dc6d7b4c607f326d0b9dfae74297c6e3f07097de048f0823fc02c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1253 (20132014) — Initiative measures.

(1) Under existing law, the text of a proposed initiative measure is required to be submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary before the petition may be circulated for signatures. Existing law requires the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to jointly develop an estimate of the fiscal impact of the initiative measure and to deliver that fiscal estimate to the Attorney General within 25 working days, except as specified, for inclusion in the circulating title and summary. Existing law further requires the Secretary of State, upon request of the proponents of an initiative measure, to review the provisions of the initiative measure and to comment on the provisions of the measure with respect to form and language clarity.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/17/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/04/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/27/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB1253 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/03/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business — 28–9 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 1253 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By TING — 55–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steinberg — primary (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Gatto — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2014-03-28 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2014-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3234.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2014-05-05 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3713.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3688.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2014-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-21 Read third time and amended. (Page 6304.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
• 2014-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 6545.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4973.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 697, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd317a8f-110a-43e3-9f2a-3229e3de14ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).