Existing law requires a charter or charter amendment proposed by a charter commission for a city or city and county to be submitted to the voters at an established statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election, provided there are at least 95 days before the election. Existing law requires specified city or city and county charter proposals to be submitted to the voters at an established statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election, provided there are at least 88 days before the election. Existing law also authorizes the governing body of any city or city and county to propose a charter and submit the proposal to the voters for adoption at the next established statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election, provided there are at least 88 days before the election.
California SB 311 (20132014) — Local elections: charters and charter proposals.
Existing law requires a charter or charter amendment proposed by a charter commission for a city or city and county to be submitted to the voters at an established statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election, provided there are at least 95 days before the election. Existing law requires specified city or city and county charter proposals to be submitted to the voters at an established statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election, provided there are at least 88 days before the election. Existing law also authorizes the governing body of any city or city and county to propose a charter and submit the proposal to the voters for adoption at the next established statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election, provided there are at least 88 days before the election.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB311 Padilla Concurrence — 26–11 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Elections and Redistricting. — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 25–9 (pass) · upper
SB 311 Padilla Senate Third Reading By PEREA — 45–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Padilla — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2013-03-19 Set for hearing April 17.
2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 566.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-01 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-01 Ordered to second reading.
2013-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 809.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-06 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-20 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E. & R. referral-committee
2013-06-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-06-18 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
2013-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-07-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 27. Page 2477.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1851.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2013-08-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 184, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3247966-5b68-4d7a-bd65-6f9aaf016321. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).