(1) Existing law provides for specific procedures by which the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the American Independent Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Green Party participate in the presidential primary election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to place the name of a candidate seeking the nomination of one of those parties for the office of President of the United States on the presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State determines that the candidate is generally advocated for or recognized throughout the United States as actively seeking the nomination of the party, and to announce and distribute to the news media a list of the candidates the Secretary of State intends to place on the ballot a specified number of days before the presidential primary election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to send a letter to specified officials in the Green Party of California and the Peace and Freedom Party of California soliciting additional information regarding the placement of candidates from those parties on the ballot on or before the 150th day before the election.
California SB 505 (20192020) — Presidential primary elections.
(1) Existing law provides for specific procedures by which the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the American Independent Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Green Party participate in the presidential primary election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to place the name of a candidate seeking the nomination of one of those parties for the office of President of the United States on the presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State determines that the candidate is generally advocated for or recognized throughout the United States as actively seeking the nomination of the party, and to announce and distribute to the news media a list of the candidates the Secretary of State intends to place on the ballot a specified number of days before the presidential primary election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to send a letter to specified officials in the Green Party of California and the Peace and Freedom Party of California soliciting additional information regarding the placement of candidates from those parties on the ballot on or before the 150th day before the election.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
SB 505 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Gonzalez — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2019-03-13 Set for hearing April 2.
2019-03-25 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
2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 524.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-22 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
2019-04-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 821.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-09 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2019-05-30 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 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-01 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-05 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
2019-07-05 Ordered to third reading.
2019-07-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2572.) 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 37. Noes 0. Page 2045.) 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 149, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a20264c-cd70-437f-81b8-a16ec7a0f2ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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