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type: "Bill"
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title: "Primary election date."
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description: "Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on that same date in any year that is evenly divisible by 4."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 970"
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citation: "California SB 970 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Primary election date."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-02-11"
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last_action: "2020-09-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e646a15-76f0-4c26-949b-8199975572b8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970"
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source_hash: "3441ef2d00726d970ee4f0cc269612441b24637fc65c11a3069b6dab5b9a3378"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 970 (20192020) — Primary election date.
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Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on that same date in any year that is evenly divisible by 4.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/11/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970&version=20190SB97099INT)
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2. **03/17/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970&version=20190SB97098AMD)
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3. **05/11/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970&version=20190SB97097AMD)
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4. **05/29/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970&version=20190SB97096AMD)
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5. **09/18/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970&version=20190SB97094CHP)
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6. **SB970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970)
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7. **08/25/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB970&version=20190SB97095ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 970 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Berman — **66–5** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar SB970 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Umberg — primary (person)
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- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
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- Berman — author (person)
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- Rendon — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2020-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
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- **2020-02-20** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-17** 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`
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- **2020-05-11** 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`
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- **2020-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
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- **2020-05-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
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- **2020-05-29** June 1 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2020-05-29** 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`
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- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
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- **2020-06-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3684.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-08** July 13 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2020-07-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 5. Page 5171.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2020-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:30 p.m.
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- **2020-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2020.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e646a15-76f0-4c26-949b-8199975572b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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