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California AB 1512 (20252026) — Elections: ballot language.

Existing law specifies the format of language printed on ballots for various ballot measures relating to local governments, including cities, counties, school districts, and other special districts.

Version chain

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

1. 03/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1512 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1512 Elections Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1512 ELECTIONS — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

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
• 2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1488.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 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
• 2025-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2249.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-02 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 303, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6edf7a0f-0835-4f2b-909d-522a34747535. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).