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Bill	Elections: printing requirements and ballot design.	Existing law imposes ballot layout specifications, including specific requirements relating to the size and font of text.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 623	California AB 623 (20192020)	bill	Elections: printing requirements and ballot design.	enacted	Berman	6	22	7	2019-02-15	2019-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1cde1b25-e2ad-4df3-9c31-2da20609c0bf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB623	0c913976a9f2f97b6e72cf1a2fde6f98de0bd1c6690092ac3aa5230a7152eb91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 623 (20192020) — Elections: printing requirements and ballot design.

Existing law imposes ballot layout specifications, including specific requirements relating to the size and font of text.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB623 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 623 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 623 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB623 Berman By Stern — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2019-02-25 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1587.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2861.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3485.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 863, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cde1b25-e2ad-4df3-9c31-2da20609c0bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).