republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary elections: election date."
description: "Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in any year that is evenly divisible by the number 4, and requires that the presidential primary be consolidated with the statewide direct primary held in that year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "California SB 568 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary elections: election date."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbfc2a06-eb05-4faa-8865-bc36ce5bee66"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568"
source_hash: "a748a214c0d852ab54b96d1760e3bd1a608026319ff11b44c818915cb50c167f"
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 SB 568 (20172018) — Primary elections: election date.

Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in any year that is evenly divisible by the number 4, and requires that the presidential primary be consolidated with the statewide direct primary held in that year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56899INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56898AMD)
3. **06/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56897AMD)
4. **06/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56896AMD)
5. **08/31/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56895AMD)
6. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56893CHP)
7. **SB568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568)
8. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB568&version=20170SB56894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Mullin — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** 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 E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 743.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 953.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** 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`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 3505.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 3016.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 335, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbfc2a06-eb05-4faa-8865-bc36ce5bee66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).