republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-606.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State voter information guides."
description: "Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare and mail to voters a state voter information guide that includes, among other things, a copy of the specific constitutional or statutory provision, if any, that each state measure would repeal or revise. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make available the complete contents of the state voter information guide over the Internet. Existing law also requires the Secretary of State to establish procedures to allow a voter to opt out of receiving the state voter information guide by mail and, instead, to either receive the guide in an electronic format or receive an electronic notification making the guide available by means of online access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 606"
citation: "California AB 606 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State voter information guides."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f568f57d-3e93-409c-b131-a7c2ab0e84fc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606"
source_hash: "a8140705868533cbe08f832deb9367c64b2af055193b8b8a44507a15aaebde7e"
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 606 (20172018) — State voter information guides.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare and mail to voters a state voter information guide that includes, among other things, a copy of the specific constitutional or statutory provision, if any, that each state measure would repeal or revise. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make available the complete contents of the state voter information guide over the Internet. Existing law also requires the Secretary of State to establish procedures to allow a voter to opt out of receiving the state voter information guide by mail and, instead, to either receive the guide in an electronic format or receive an electronic notification making the guide available by means of online access.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606&version=20170AB60699INT)
2. **04/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606&version=20170AB60698AMD)
3. **05/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606&version=20170AB60697AMD)
4. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606&version=20170AB60695CHP)
5. **AB606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606)
6. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB606&version=20170AB60696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 606 BERMAN Assembly Third Reading — **42–31** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB606 Berman et al. By Hertzberg — **26–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 1547.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2568.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f568f57d-3e93-409c-b131-a7c2ab0e84fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).