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Bill	Elections: ballots.	(1) Existing law imposes ballot layout specifications, including specific requirements relating to the placement of certain contests, the size and font of text, and the instructions provided to voters.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1219	California AB 1219 (20232024)	bill	Elections ballots	enacted	Berman	8	25	6	2023-02-16	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/642bc7ca-e4e0-4f3b-8107-47f9e1851f0a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1219	4d704f19e4c9d79f8ea3c4de850e9e10f63894dfb9bd0d0c85555c2fe4181100	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1219 (20232024) — Elections: ballots.

(1) Existing law imposes ballot layout specifications, including specific requirements relating to the placement of certain contests, the size and font of text, and the instructions provided to voters.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/12/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1219 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1219 Berman By Stern — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1219 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1219 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1462.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-17 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2023-05-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2426.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3181.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 676, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/642bc7ca-e4e0-4f3b-8107-47f9e1851f0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).