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type: "Bill"
title: "Voting: voter information guides."
description: "Under existing law, numerous provisions related to voting refer to ballot pamphlets, state ballot pamphlets, voter pamphlets, statewide voter pamphlets, and sample ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2911"
citation: "California AB 2911 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting: voter information guides."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-03-15"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd4a07e9-6542-4f3a-b723-2911c85a329a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2911"
source_hash: "9e6f84fdc5469725cf7f1aada01eaa01010f6624cf3cf2d75f8c0be5b7df2834"
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 2911 (20152016) — Voting: voter information guides.
Under existing law, numerous provisions related to voting refer to ballot pamphlets, state ballot pamphlets, voter pamphlets, statewide voter pamphlets, and sample ballots.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **03/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2911&version=20150AB291199INT)
2. **08/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2911&version=20150AB291198AMD)
3. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2911&version=20150AB291196CHP)
4. **AB2911** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2911)
5. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2911&version=20150AB291197ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 2911 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WEBER — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2911 Committee On E. & R. (Weber) By Allen — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 2911 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **790** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **2016-03-28** 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`
- **2016-04-28** 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 4690.) `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.
- **2016-06-09** 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`
- **2016-06-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-06-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5267.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6359.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 422, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd4a07e9-6542-4f3a-b723-2911c85a329a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).