republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-753.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot titles and labels."
description: "Existing law generally requires the Attorney General to provide a ballot title for each measure to be submitted to the voters at a statewide election. The Attorney General is required to prepare a summary of the chief purposes and points of a statewide ballot measure as part of the ballot title and return the measure with the ballot title and summary to the Secretary of State. Upon receipt of the ballot title and summary, the Secretary of State is required to send notification of the filing deadline and the certification deadline to the proponents of the measure and to the county elections official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 753"
citation: "California AB 753 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot titles and labels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd861bdb-f0fd-4e2a-86de-2f561d0cdb6f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753"
source_hash: "5986cab015ed2cdb1616c0969a27ca046c2bbe69d6bd2a6f7988af247afed744"
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 753 (20092010) — Ballot titles and labels.

Existing law generally requires the Attorney General to provide a ballot title for each measure to be submitted to the voters at a statewide election. The Attorney General is required to prepare a summary of the chief purposes and points of a statewide ballot measure as part of the ballot title and return the measure with the ballot title and summary to the Secretary of State. Upon receipt of the ballot title and summary, the Secretary of State is required to send notification of the filing deadline and the certification deadline to the proponents of the measure and to the county elections official.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75399INT)
2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75398AMD)
3. **06/09/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75397AMD)
4. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75396AMD)
5. **09/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75395AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75393CHP)
7. **AB753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753)
8. **09/14/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB753&version=20090AB75394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 753 ADAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB753 Adams By Walters — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 753 ADAMS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1365.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-07-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2204.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3168.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd861bdb-f0fd-4e2a-86de-2f561d0cdb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).