Existing law generally requires all elective city offices, including the members of a city council, to be filled at large by the city electorate at a general municipal election. Existing law, at any municipal election or special election held for this purpose, authorizes the legislative body of a city to submit to the registered voters an ordinance providing for the election of members of the legislative body by district or from district, as defined, and with or without an elective mayor. Existing law also authorizes the legislative body of a city with a population of fewer than 100,000 people to adopt an ordinance that requires the members of the legislative body to be elected by district or by district with an elective mayor without being required to submit the ordinance to the voters for approval.
California AB 2220 (20152016) — Elections in cities: by or from district.
Existing law generally requires all elective city offices, including the members of a city council, to be filled at large by the city electorate at a general municipal election. Existing law, at any municipal election or special election held for this purpose, authorizes the legislative body of a city to submit to the registered voters an ordinance providing for the election of members of the legislative body by district or from district, as defined, and with or without an elective mayor. Existing law also authorizes the legislative body of a city with a population of fewer than 100,000 people to adopt an ordinance that requires the members of the legislative body to be elected by district or by district with an elective mayor without being required to submit the ordinance to the voters for approval.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2220 Cooper By Cannella — 33–4 (pass) · upper
AB 2220 COOPER Assembly Third Reading — 60–11 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cooper — primary (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2016-03-14 Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4852.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 4951.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 4959.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b680bcac-ebf6-4737-b941-bb12d33c82be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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