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California AB 1535 (20152016) — Elections.

Existing law authorizes a voter who has signed an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to remove his or her name from the petition by filing a written request to do so with the appropriate county elections official prior to the day the petition is filed.

Version chain

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

1. 03/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/30/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/13/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1535 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1535 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1535 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RIDLEY-THOMAS — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1535 Committee On E.&R.(Ridley-Thomas) By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-03-26 From printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
• 2015-04-06 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1560.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-30 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2612.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3085.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bd5d015-d009-4fd5-a920-ba9e79438f5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).