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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1535"
citation: "California AB 1535 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd5d015-d009-4fd5-a920-ba9e79438f5a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535"
source_hash: "db6432b7ab5aced4fd5b58a26fee0c20ce643bb5ec4fd75d60607aed78b11655"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535&version=20150AB153599INT)
2. **06/30/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535&version=20150AB153598AMD)
3. **07/13/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535&version=20150AB153597AMD)
4. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535&version=20150AB153595CHP)
5. **AB1535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535)
6. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1535&version=20150AB153596ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1535 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 1535 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RIDLEY-THOMAS — **800** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1535 Committee On E.&R.(Ridley-Thomas) By Allen — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **40** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bd5d015-d009-4fd5-a920-ba9e79438f5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).