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Bill	Initiative, referendum, and recall petitions: disclosures.	The California Constitution and existing statutory law provide for the electors to propose statutes or amendments to the Constitution by initiative. Existing law authorizes a person who is a voter or who is qualified to register to vote in California to circulate an initiative or referendum petition within the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 47	California SB 47 (20192020)	bill	Initiative referendum and recall petitions: disclosures.	enacted	Allen	5	25	7	2018-12-03	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/16f21e83-d8ed-4845-a505-95c855724858	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB47	b2bb4a27b3ba5891ef1c007cbd24e75c3454d58980d9236ffb89beddf49d5d7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 47 (20192020) — Initiative, referendum, and recall petitions: disclosures.

The California Constitution and existing statutory law provide for the electors to propose statutes or amendments to the Constitution by initiative. Existing law authorizes a person who is a voter or who is qualified to register to vote in California to circulate an initiative or referendum petition within the state.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/06/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB47 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 31–5 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB47 Allen et al. Concurrence — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower
• SB 47 Allen Senate Third Reading By Mullin — 64–11 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
• Hill — principal coauthor (person)
• Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
• Stern — principal coauthor (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 PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 523.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 802.) (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
• 2019-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1185.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-03 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 11. Page 3433.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2888.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 563, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16f21e83-d8ed-4845-a505-95c855724858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).