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Bill	Local initiative measures: submission to the voters.	Existing law permits a proposed county, municipal, or district ordinance to be submitted to the governing body of the county, city, or district by filing an initiative petition signed by a specified number of voters. If a county or municipal initiative measure qualifies for the ballot, existing law requires that the election for the measure be either at a special election or at the next statewide or regular election, depending on the percentage of signatures received on the initiative petition. If a district initiative measure qualifies for the ballot, existing law requires that the election for the measure be either at a special election or at the next regular election, depending on whether the initiative petition contains a specified request.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 765	California AB 765 (20172018)	bill	Local initiative measures: submission to the voters.	enacted	Low	5	16	4	2017-02-15	2017-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/fe75b17c-71da-4464-99fc-e8289e73f768	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB765	370a8b14235c497102bb360fae7e35a952f960e9d3bd3f36949f5bf5cef943be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 765 (20172018) — Local initiative measures: submission to the voters.

Existing law permits a proposed county, municipal, or district ordinance to be submitted to the governing body of the county, city, or district by filing an initiative petition signed by a specified number of voters. If a county or municipal initiative measure qualifies for the ballot, existing law requires that the election for the measure be either at a special election or at the next statewide or regular election, depending on the percentage of signatures received on the initiative petition. If a district initiative measure qualifies for the ballot, existing law requires that the election for the measure be either at a special election or at the next regular election, depending on whether the initiative petition contains a specified request.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/11/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/13/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB765 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB765 Low By Stern — 24–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 765 LOW Assembly Third Reading — 49–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 1653.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2450.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe75b17c-71da-4464-99fc-e8289e73f768. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).