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Bill	A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 10 of, and adding Section 10.5 to, Article II thereof, and adding Section 7.8 to Article XI thereof, relating to voting.	The California Constitution provides that a proposed constitutional amendment and a statewide initiative measure each take effect only if approved by a majority of the votes cast on the amendment or measure.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	ACA 13	California ACA 13 (20232024)	constitutional amendment	Voting thresholds	enacted	Ward	7	28	7	2023-07-13	2023-11-02	openstates	ocd-bill/09afd5d3-cf57-4ea6-b1bd-13209af5af19	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA13	54e67d054bb15f69cb6760f2078ec82231d8cefaff518a4c6abda75c1e6be8ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California ACA 13 (20232024) — A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 10 of, and adding Section 10.5 to, Article II thereof, and adding Section 7.8 to Article XI thereof, relating to voting.

The California Constitution provides that a proposed constitutional amendment and a statewide initiative measure each take effect only if approved by a majority of the votes cast on the amendment or measure.

Version chain

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

1. 07/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/17/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/11/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 11/02/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. ACA13 (committee substitute) — source
7. 11/01/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ACA 13 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 57–19 (pass) · lower
• Be adopted — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Be adopted as amended. — 9–4 (pass) · lower
• Be adopted as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading ACA13 Ward et al. Glazer — 28–9 (pass) · upper
• Be adopted and re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• ACA 13 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Lee — principal coauthor (person)
• Ortega — coauthor (person)
• Rendon — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-07-14 From printer. May be heard in committee August 13.
• 2023-08-17 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-08-17 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
• 2023-08-21 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-08-24 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-08-24 From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and be adopted as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Adopted. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 2975.) amendment-passage, passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2023-09-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-09-07 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2023-09-07 Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2460.)
• 2023-09-11 Senate Rules Suspended (Ayes 31. Noes 8.)
• 2023-09-11 From committee: Amend, and be adopted as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (September 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-09-12 From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-14 Read third time. Adopted. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2776.) amendment-passage, passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-14 Ordered to the Assembly.
• 2023-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 3597.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Held at Desk by unanimous consent until November 1, 2023.
• 2023-11-01 Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2023-11-02 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 10 a.m.
• 2023-11-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 176, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09afd5d3-cf57-4ea6-b1bd-13209af5af19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).