Under existing law, specified county officers are required to be elected by the voters in that county. Existing law generally requires the election to select county officers to be held with a statewide primary election, but if no candidate for a county office receives a majority of the votes cast for that office at the primary election, the 2 candidates who received the most votes advance to the ensuing statewide general election.
California AB 1227 (20232024) — Elections: County of Santa Clara.
Under existing law, specified county officers are required to be elected by the voters in that county. Existing law generally requires the election to select county officers to be held with a statewide primary election, but if no candidate for a county office receives a majority of the votes cast for that office at the primary election, the 2 candidates who received the most votes advance to the ensuing statewide general election.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1227 Low Assembly Third Reading — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1227 Low et al. By Cortese — 31–7 (pass) · upper
AB 1227 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Low — primary (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (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
2023-03-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-04-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1410.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2023-06-15 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
2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2370.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 3076.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 362, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8bf7b0c-b9a3-4014-bd74-635b55fdb151. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).