(1) Existing law authorizes a proposed ordinance to be submitted to a county board of supervisors, a legislative body of a city, or the governing board of a district by filing an initiative petition with the appropriate elections official, signed by not less than a specified number of voters. Existing law requires the election for the initiative, if it qualifies, to be held at the next election occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election.
California SB 1153 (20172018) — Local initiatives: review.
(1) Existing law authorizes a proposed ordinance to be submitted to a county board of supervisors, a legislative body of a city, or the governing board of a district by filing an initiative petition with the appropriate elections official, signed by not less than a specified number of voters. Existing law requires the election for the initiative, if it qualifies, to be held at the next election occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1153 Stern Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Stern — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2018-03-12 Set for hearing April 3.
2018-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4514.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-09 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-04-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4837.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-07-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6108.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-07-05 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2018-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-07-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 155, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4419d70-89f1-4e1a-9f68-49e51fd215cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).