republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1511.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: refunding and transferring contributions: voter information guide."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare a state voter information guide that includes, among other things, a complete copy of each state measure, the Voter Bill of Rights, and information on candidates for the office of United States Senator and the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, as specified. Existing law requires county elections officials to prepare a county voter information guide that contains, among other things, a substantial facsimile of the official ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1511"
citation: "California AB 1511 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PoliticalReformActof1974", "refundingandtransferringcontributions", "voterinformationguide"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dc29c3e-35fe-4017-941d-e9e5339433b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511"
source_hash: "e132a6955ffb8790e84eca7f640f1d3116031b242d9d0bcb50edd60bc210e79b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1511 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: refunding and transferring contributions: voter information guide.

(1) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare a state voter information guide that includes, among other things, a complete copy of each state measure, the Voter Bill of Rights, and information on candidates for the office of United States Senator and the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, as specified. Existing law requires county elections officials to prepare a county voter information guide that contains, among other things, a substantial facsimile of the official ballot.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511&version=20250AB151199INT)
2. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511&version=20250AB151198AMD)
3. **08/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511&version=20250AB151197AMD)
4. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511&version=20250AB151195CHP)
5. **AB1511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511)
6. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1511&version=20250AB151196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1511 Elections Consent Calendar Second Day By PELLERIN — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1511 Elections Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PELLERIN — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1511 ELECTIONS (Pellerin) By Cervantes — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** From printer. May be heard in committee April 10.
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1520.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-21** From Consent Calendar.
- **2025-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2610.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3182.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 249, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dc29c3e-35fe-4017-941d-e9e5339433b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).