republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-35.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits the name of a candidate for Governor from being printed on the ballot of the direct primary election unless the candidate, at least 98 days before the direct primary election, files with the Secretary of State copies of every income tax return the candidate filed with the Internal Revenue Service in the 5 most recent taxable years. Existing law requires the candidate to redact specified information from each submitted return. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to review the redacted copy of each tax return, and, if the Secretary of State determines that the candidate has redacted information other than that which is specified, to prepare a new version of the tax return with only the permitted redactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "California SB 35 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5c2e272-08db-4735-af8a-acf079a546ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35"
source_hash: "73f695c5653ab80e75fcef55ee6bb58a1e09622c0ae39060ce7b1f2ae8a81d4e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 35 (20212022) — Elections.

(1) Existing law prohibits the name of a candidate for Governor from being printed on the ballot of the direct primary election unless the candidate, at least 98 days before the direct primary election, files with the Secretary of State copies of every income tax return the candidate filed with the Internal Revenue Service in the 5 most recent taxable years. Existing law requires the candidate to redact specified information from each submitted return. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to review the redacted copy of each tax return, and, if the Secretary of State determines that the candidate has redacted information other than that which is specified, to prepare a new version of the tax return with only the permitted redactions.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3599INT)
2. **02/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3598AMD)
3. **03/09/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3597AMD)
4. **03/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3596AMD)
5. **06/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3595AMD)
6. **07/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3594AMD)
7. **08/26/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3593AMD)
8. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3591CHP)
9. **SB35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35)
10. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB35&version=20210SB3592ENR)

## Votes

- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB35 Umberg et al. Concurrence — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 35 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Berman — **61–13** (pass) · lower
- SB 35 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Berman Amendment Set #1 — **59–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)
- McGuire — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Set for hearing March 15.
- **2021-03-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 498.) (March 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 778.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 1056.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-20** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-26** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 2513.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 2691.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-03** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2418.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-03** Set for hearing September 8.
- **2021-09-08** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2538.) `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 2545.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 318, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5c2e272-08db-4735-af8a-acf079a546ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).