republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-366.md

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Bill	Ballot materials: translations.	Existing law requires each county elections official to prepare separate sample ballots for each political party and a separate sample nonpartisan ballot, as specified. Existing law requires the elections official to send to each voter, together with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet that contains the written statements of each candidate. Existing law requires the elections officials to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one and requires that the person selected to provide that translation be from a list of approved Spanish-language translators and interpreters of the superior court of the county or from an institution accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 366	California SB 366 (20152016)	bill	Ballot materials: translations.	enacted	Nguyen	4	16	4	2015-02-24	2015-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/5fa33b4c-a074-4278-88cc-4f7ab6d8483e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB366	d61d675a41bfb93e329c05d17656ff799dc99cb202f80efe1e8da666455fce97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 366 (20152016) — Ballot materials: translations.

Existing law requires each county elections official to prepare separate sample ballots for each political party and a separate sample nonpartisan ballot, as specified. Existing law requires the elections official to send to each voter, together with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet that contains the written statements of each candidate. Existing law requires the elections officials to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one and requires that the person selected to provide that translation be from a list of approved Spanish-language translators and interpreters of the superior court of the county or from an institution accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB366 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 366 Nguyen Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nguyen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 523.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 632.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2328.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2015-07-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2015-08-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 144, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fa33b4c-a074-4278-88cc-4f7ab6d8483e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).