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Bill City of Alhambra: charter amendment: Alhambra Unified School District: California Voting Rights Act. Existing law authorizes the governing body of a city or city and county to propose an amendment to the charter of the city or city and county, and to submit the proposal to the voters at the next established statewide general election, provided there are at least 88 days before the election. The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA) prohibits the use of an at-large election in a political subdivision, as defined, if it would impair the ability of a protected class to elect candidates of its choice or otherwise influence the outcome of an election. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 1546 California AB 1546 (20212022)
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California AB 1546 (20212022) — City of Alhambra: charter amendment: Alhambra Unified School District: California Voting Rights Act.

Existing law authorizes the governing body of a city or city and county to propose an amendment to the charter of the city or city and county, and to submit the proposal to the voters at the next established statewide general election, provided there are at least 88 days before the election. The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA) prohibits the use of an at-large election in a political subdivision, as defined, if it would impair the ability of a protected class to elect candidates of its choice or otherwise influence the outcome of an election.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/19/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/18/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1546 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/17/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 1546 Chau Third Reading Urgency — 696 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 41 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB1546 Chau et al. By Rubio Urgency Clause — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chau — primary (person)
  • Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
  • 2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
  • 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2021-03-11 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-19 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-29 Coauthors revised.
  • 2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-06-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 6. Page 1710.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-06-16 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A., ED. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-17 Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1692.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2041.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2021-08-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
  • 2021-08-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-08-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 145, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56ce06fe-ab30-4ffe-9f8a-1d4e2f4390e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).