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Bill	Elections: referendum measures.	(1) Existing law imposes ballot layout specifications, including, among other things, the content of the ballot label, defined as that portion of the ballot containing the names of the candidates or the statement of a measure. Existing law requires the ballot label to include, among other things, a condensed version of the ballot title and summary and a list of the names of supporters and opponents, as specified. Existing law defines the ballot title and summary and requires that it include a summary of the chief purpose and points, including the fiscal impact, of any measure that appears in the state voter information guide. Existing law requires the ballots used when voting on a statute referred to the voters as a referendum measure to use words asking the voter whether the statute that is the subject to referendum should be adopted, followed by the choices "Yes" and "No."	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 421	California AB 421 (20232024)	bill	Elections referendum measures	enacted	Bryan	10	33	6	2023-02-02	2023-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/73d1c296-5012-45f3-b0f8-0228fcaad6fe	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB421	f217a24dcbf14c4b7b49f520d1141d396df8fdf1fc614aff755bf679d2030daa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 421 (20232024) — Elections: referendum measures.

(1) Existing law imposes ballot layout specifications, including, among other things, the content of the ballot label, defined as that portion of the ballot containing the names of the candidates or the statement of a measure. Existing law requires the ballot label to include, among other things, a condensed version of the ballot title and summary and a list of the names of supporters and opponents, as specified. Existing law defines the ballot title and summary and requires that it include a summary of the chief purpose and points, including the fiscal impact, of any measure that appears in the state voter information guide. Existing law requires the ballots used when voting on a statute referred to the voters as a referendum measure to use words asking the voter whether the statute that is the subject to referendum should be adopted, followed by the choices "Yes" and "No."

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB421 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/05/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 421 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — 60–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB421 Bryan et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 421 BRYAN Concurrence - Urgency Added — 55–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Bennett — coauthor (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Boerner — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Hart — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
• McKinnor — coauthor (person)
• Menjivar — coauthor (person)
• Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
• Ortega — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 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
• 2023-03-27 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 5. Noes 2.) (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
• 2023-05-19 Measure version as amended on May 18 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 2001.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-08-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-08-28 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2352.). 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.
• 2023-09-05 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2934.)
• 2023-09-05 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2934.)
• 2023-09-05 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 2935.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73d1c296-5012-45f3-b0f8-0228fcaad6fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).