republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-27.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary elections: ballot access: tax returns."
description: "Existing law establishes processes for printing on presidential primary ballots the names of candidates for President of the United States who are considered to be generally recognized candidates or who are selected by a sufficient number of registered voters. Existing law, applicable to non-presidential direct primary elections, requires the Secretary of State to transmit to each county elections official a certified list of candidates who are eligible to be voted for in the official's county at a direct primary election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "California SB 27 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary elections: ballot access: tax returns."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5beeab44-e1c0-4358-a9c6-c83207fb1ab7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27"
source_hash: "9144fa12ae7feca577aef6331b9afa4279a60de4c0c0ab73d633b36347c4f2e4"
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 27 (20192020) — Primary elections: ballot access: tax returns.

Existing law establishes processes for printing on presidential primary ballots the names of candidates for President of the United States who are considered to be generally recognized candidates or who are selected by a sufficient number of registered voters. Existing law, applicable to non-presidential direct primary elections, requires the Secretary of State to transmit to each county elections official a certified list of candidates who are eligible to be voted for in the official's county at a direct primary election.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2799INT)
2. **03/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2798AMD)
3. **04/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2797AMD)
4. **05/29/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2796AMD)
5. **06/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2795AMD)
6. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2793CHP)
7. **SB27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27)
8. **07/15/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27&version=20190SB2794ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB27 McGuire et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 27 McGuire Third Reading Urgency By SANTIAGO — **57–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB27 McGuire et al. Urgency Clause — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2019-03-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 367.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 552.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 918.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 2573.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2044.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 121, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5beeab44-e1c0-4358-a9c6-c83207fb1ab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).