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Bill	District-based municipal elections: preapproval hearings.	Existing law provides for political subdivisions that encompass areas of representation within the state. With respect to these areas, public officials are generally elected by all of the voters of the political subdivision (at-large) or by districts formed within the political subdivision (district-based) . Existing law requires a political subdivision, as defined, that changes from an at-large method of election to a district-based election to hold at least 2 public hearings on a proposal to establish the district boundaries of the political subdivision before a public hearing at which the governing body of the political subdivision votes to approve or defeat the proposal.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 350	California AB 350 (20152016)	bill	District-based municipal elections: preapproval hearings.	enacted	Alejo	9	37	11	2015-02-17	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/112ff825-e989-4e3a-87fd-cb4f508b5633	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB350	22b6bf8c32e05352934509c737e54a9189cf172cdf3178ce0155c21d121f1b7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 350 (20152016) — District-based municipal elections: preapproval hearings.

Existing law provides for political subdivisions that encompass areas of representation within the state. With respect to these areas, public officials are generally elected by all of the voters of the political subdivision (at-large) or by districts formed within the political subdivision (district-based) . Existing law requires a political subdivision, as defined, that changes from an at-large method of election to a district-based election to hold at least 2 public hearings on a proposal to establish the district boundaries of the political subdivision before a public hearing at which the governing body of the political subdivision votes to approve or defeat the proposal.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/17/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/29/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB350 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB350 Alejo By Hueso — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• AB 350 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 350 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 50–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on [Elections and Redistricting] — 6–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2015-03-02 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2016-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-01-05 From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on E. & R. and JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 5). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-01-07 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3367.)
• 2016-01-07 (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
• 2016-01-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (January 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-01-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 3474.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-02-29 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
• 2016-06-01 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
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-22 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-06-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5250.). 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.
• 2016-08-25 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-25 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6265.)
• 2016-08-25 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 6294.)
• 2016-08-25 (pending re-referral to the Com. on E. & R.)
• 2016-08-25 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 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 57. Noes 22. Page 6537.). 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 737, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/112ff825-e989-4e3a-87fd-cb4f508b5633. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).