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type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal elections."
description: "Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to submit to voters at any municipal or special election an ordinance providing for the election of members of the legislative body by districts, from districts, by districts with an elective mayor, or from districts with an elective mayor. Existing law also authorizes such an ordinance to be submitted to the voters by means of an initiative measure. Existing law requires that the ordinance state the number of legislative districts, describe the boundaries of each, number the districts, and state the method for electing the members of the legislative body, as described above."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 278"
citation: "California AB 278 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 39
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9834a337-1424-4b00-b7f3-7061a4c8811f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278"
source_hash: "43b2385ee3340adb9a5b825573772fa288da26ffb71555daa049082e3e634feb"
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 278 (20152016) — Municipal elections.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to submit to voters at any municipal or special election an ordinance providing for the election of members of the legislative body by districts, from districts, by districts with an elective mayor, or from districts with an elective mayor. Existing law also authorizes such an ordinance to be submitted to the voters by means of an initiative measure. Existing law requires that the ordinance state the number of legislative districts, describe the boundaries of each, number the districts, and state the method for electing the members of the legislative body, as described above.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/11/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27899INT)
2. **02/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27894AMD)
3. **03/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27898AMD)
4. **04/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27897AMD)
5. **04/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27896AMD)
6. **06/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27895AMD)
7. **06/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27893AMD)
8. **06/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27892AMD)
9. **06/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27891AMD)
10. **08/11/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27890AMD)
11. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27888CHP)
12. **AB278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278)
13. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB278&version=20150AB27889ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 278 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **43–32** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB278 Roger Hernández By Allen — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- [Second] hearing set for [07-07-2015]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 278 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–21** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **2–0** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Roger Hernández — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 32. Page 1865.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-07** In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2016-02-18** 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`
- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-01** 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`
- **2016-06-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 5058.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 6527.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 736, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9834a337-1424-4b00-b7f3-7061a4c8811f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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