republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-292.md

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Bill	Primary elections: ballots.	(1) Existing law prohibits a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference from voting in a particular party's primary election, including a presidential primary election, unless the party has authorized such a voter to vote in that party's primary election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 292	California AB 292 (20232024)	bill	Primary elections ballots	enacted	Pellerin	8	27	6	2023-01-25	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e4351d6a-e1c6-45d7-8813-19f85692b0fc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292	0a95b8e8ad2f1456606654794524bea342a61f8e5557ee82cbd2dee7dfd51c27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 292 (20232024) — Primary elections: ballots.

(1) Existing law prohibits a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference from voting in a particular party's primary election, including a presidential primary election, unless the party has authorized such a voter to vote in that party's primary election.

Version chain

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

1. 01/25/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/12/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB292 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 292 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–14 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB292 Pellerin By Allen — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 292 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — 59–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pellerin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 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
• 2023-02-15 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 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
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 1792.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 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
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2427.). 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.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 3053.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4351d6a-e1c6-45d7-8813-19f85692b0fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).