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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections: Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 of the 2023–24 Regular Session."
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description: "Existing law requires a constitutional amendment submitted to the people by the Legislature to appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 789"
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citation: "California SB 789 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 of the 2023–24 Regular Session"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5c25b6b-9350-4ebb-8b69-356507b899fe"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789"
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source_hash: "9015bd2c790aeb7d0275680e531531be286aea95ebfe76fda12430431f610d3b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 789 (20232024) — Elections: Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 of the 2023–24 Regular Session.
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Existing law requires a constitutional amendment submitted to the people by the Legislature to appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78999INT)
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2. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78998AMD)
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3. **06/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78997AMD)
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4. **08/17/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78996AMD)
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5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78995AMD)
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6. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78993CHP)
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7. **SB789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789)
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8. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB789&version=20230SB78994ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 789 Allen Senate Third Reading By Low Amendment Set #1 — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 789 Allen Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **59–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB789 Allen et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 789 Allen Senate Third Reading By Low — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB789 Allen et al. Concurrence — **32–7** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB789 Allen et al. Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Low — principal coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 792.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
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- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-06-26** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
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- **2023-06-26** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-08-17** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2740.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-08-17** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2860.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2421.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-07** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-09-07** Action rescinded whereby Assembly amendments were concurred in, and the bill ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-09-07** Ordered to the Assembly.
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- **2023-09-07** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
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- **2023-09-07** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 3058.)
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-12** Action rescinded and record expunged whereby a roll call vote was taken.
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- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3320.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2748.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 787, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5c25b6b-9350-4ebb-8b69-356507b899fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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