republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1784.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Primary elections: candidate withdrawals.	Existing law requires candidates for an office at a primary election to deliver their nomination documents to the county elections official no later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the primary election, or in specified cases, no later than 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the primary election. Existing law prohibits a person who has delivered nomination documents to the county elections official from withdrawing their candidacy. Existing law further prohibits a person from filing nomination documents for a party nomination and an independent nomination for the same office, or for more than one office at the same election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1784	California AB 1784 (20232024)	bill	Primary elections candidate withdrawals	enacted	Pellerin	8	26	6	2024-01-03	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/8b8e74d2-44c0-4b96-857e-4e3f7a74e307	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1784	e6dfa8421277c279cc9b46708af2790e3da159a35a37f31a1a922be9e4a86719	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1784 (20232024) — Primary elections: candidate withdrawals.

Existing law requires candidates for an office at a primary election to deliver their nomination documents to the county elections official no later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the primary election, or in specified cases, no later than 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the primary election. Existing law prohibits a person who has delivered nomination documents to the county elections official from withdrawing their candidacy. Existing law further prohibits a person from filing nomination documents for a party nomination and an independent nomination for the same office, or for more than one office at the same election.

Version chain

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

1. 01/03/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/04/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/11/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/12/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1784 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/26/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1784 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1784 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1784 Pellerin et al. By Blakespear — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred 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

Sponsors

• Pellerin — primary (person)
• Bennett — coauthor (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Dixon — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)
• Wendy Carrillo — author (person)
• Wilson — coauthor (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-04 From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5157.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 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
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5231.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6438.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b8e74d2-44c0-4b96-857e-4e3f7a74e307. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).