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Bill Elections omnibus bill. (1) Existing law requires a ballot to direct voters, with respect to candidates for Justice of the California Supreme Court or the California Court of Appeal, as further specified, to mark the voting target next to the word "Yes" or "No," to the right of the name of the candidate. Existing law also requires a ballot to direct voters, with respect to voting on any measure, to mark the voting target next to the word "Yes" or after the word "No." us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 1591 California AB 1591 (20212022)
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California AB 1591 (20212022) — Elections omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law requires a ballot to direct voters, with respect to candidates for Justice of the California Supreme Court or the California Court of Appeal, as further specified, to mark the voting target next to the word "Yes" or "No," to the right of the name of the candidate. Existing law also requires a ballot to direct voters, with respect to voting on any measure, to mark the voting target next to the word "Yes" or after the word "No."

Version chain

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

  1. 03/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 07/16/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB1591 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/06/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 1591 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar AB1591 ELECTIONS — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 50 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Committee on Elections — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2021-03-19 From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
  • 2021-03-25 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-29 Coauthors revised.
  • 2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1340.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1692.) (June 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-07-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1805.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-07-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2021-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
  • 2021-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/755f768b-33da-444f-8d78-f1c12f9a1857. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).