Existing law permits a candidate for a nonpartisan elective office in any local agency, which includes any city, county, city and county, or district, to prepare a written statement, pursuant to specified guidelines, to be included in a voter's pamphlet that is mailed to each voter. Existing law requires each voter's pamphlet to contain a notice in the heading of the first page of that pamphlet in heavy-faced gothic type that, among other things, each candidate's statement in the pamphlet is volunteered by the candidate. Existing law requires an elections official to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one.
California AB 2010 (20152016) — Voter's pamphlet: electronic candidate statement.
Existing law permits a candidate for a nonpartisan elective office in any local agency, which includes any city, county, city and county, or district, to prepare a written statement, pursuant to specified guidelines, to be included in a voter's pamphlet that is mailed to each voter. Existing law requires each voter's pamphlet to contain a notice in the heading of the first page of that pamphlet in heavy-faced gothic type that, among other things, each candidate's statement in the pamphlet is volunteered by the candidate. Existing law requires an elections official to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2010 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2010 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2016-02-29 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4689.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2016-05-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-05-25 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
2016-06-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4643.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5637.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2016-08-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-08-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40a0aba1-8a69-484d-bf57-891981e9cec6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).