Elections: alternate ballot order: Los Angeles County pilot program.
Existing law specifies the order of precedence of offices on the ballot, beginning with nominees for President and Vice President to be listed under the heading, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, and ending with directors or trustees for each district to be listed under the heading, DISTRICT. Measures submitted to the voters appear after district directors or trustees. Existing law authorizes a county elections official to vary the order for certain offices and measures submitted to the voters, in order to allow for the most efficient use of space on the ballot in counties that use a voting system, as defined. Existing law requires that the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction precede any school, county, or city office and that state measures precede local measures.
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California Legislature
20172018
SB 25
California SB 25 (20172018)
bill
Elections: alternate ballot order: Los Angeles County pilot program.
California SB 25 (20172018) — Elections: alternate ballot order: Los Angeles County pilot program.
Existing law specifies the order of precedence of offices on the ballot, beginning with nominees for President and Vice President to be listed under the heading, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, and ending with directors or trustees for each district to be listed under the heading, DISTRICT. Measures submitted to the voters appear after district directors or trustees. Existing law authorizes a county elections official to vary the order for certain offices and measures submitted to the voters, in order to allow for the most efficient use of space on the ballot in counties that use a voting system, as defined. Existing law requires that the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction precede any school, county, or city office and that state measures precede local measures.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB25 Portantino et al. Concurrence — 29–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
SB 25 Portantino Senate Third Reading By RUBIO — 65–12 (pass) · lower
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
2017-01-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-03-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 26.
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 847.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-15 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2017-06-20 June 20 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-08-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-01-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-13 June 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-06-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-07-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 6759.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2018-08-30 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6028.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 6068.) committee-passage
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 6138.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 927, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5581db71-326c-431c-9ee4-340bea3aec3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).