republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-300.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: ballot measures."
description: "Existing law requires that a constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people by the Legislature appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal by the Legislature. Existing law requires that the Secretary of State mail state voter information guides, which contain information regarding ballot measures, to voters within a specified time period prior to the election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "California SB 300 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: ballot measures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c083b2eb-407e-4abd-874d-aa1a7d5b7153"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300"
source_hash: "a1a391da8605c1c3c2be56923f37d3a674b22d5bcca52ab625615ebbf5857245"
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 300 (20192020) — Elections: ballot measures.

Existing law requires that a constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people by the Legislature appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal by the Legislature. Existing law requires that the Secretary of State mail state voter information guides, which contain information regarding ballot measures, to voters within a specified time period prior to the election.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300&version=20190SB30099INT)
2. **03/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300&version=20190SB30098AMD)
3. **06/23/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300&version=20190SB30097AMD)
4. **06/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300&version=20190SB30095CHP)
5. **SB300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300)
6. **06/29/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB300&version=20190SB30096ENR)

## Votes

- SB 300 Umberg Senate Third Reading By BERMAN — **57–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB300 Umberg Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 771.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1029.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** 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`
- **2020-06-26** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 4952.)
- **2020-06-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-06-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 4972.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3895.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c083b2eb-407e-4abd-874d-aa1a7d5b7153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).