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Bill	Local initiative measures: ballot printing specifications.	Existing law requires that the ballots used when voting on a proposed county, city, or district ordinance submitted to the voters as an initiative measure have printed on them specified text relating to the proposed ordinance and dictates the placement of that text.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 809	California AB 809 (20152016)	bill	Local initiative measures: ballot printing specifications.	enacted	Obernolte	5	20	7	2015-02-26	2015-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a9c4ac96-b1d7-42b1-8e76-346228ba79d9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB809	f151fee1b7d51242837e495f654710ded27e00e91033745850b0aad3a2cf1aa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 809 (20152016) — Local initiative measures: ballot printing specifications.

Existing law requires that the ballots used when voting on a proposed county, city, or district ordinance submitted to the voters as an initiative measure have printed on them specified text relating to the proposed ordinance and dictates the placement of that text.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/28/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB809 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 2–2 (fail) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 809 OBERNOLTE Assembly Third Reading — 57–8 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB809 Obernolte By Cannella — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Obernolte — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 8. Page 1546.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2197.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 337, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9c4ac96-b1d7-42b1-8e76-346228ba79d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).