republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1096.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Citizens Redistricting Commission."
description: "Under existing law, the Voters FIRST Act and the Voters FIRST Act for Congress, the Citizens Redistricting Commission is charged with various duties and responsibilities in connection with redistricting Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and congressional districts. Existing law requires the Citizens Redistricting Commission to hire commission staff, legal counsel, and consultants, as needed, and requires the Secretary of State to provide support functions to the Citizens Redistricting Commission until its staff and office are fully functional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1096"
citation: "California SB 1096 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Citizens Redistricting Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-16"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d124ee0-60d9-4ab2-8acb-19bf780b0a9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096"
source_hash: "ed02951bc92d99c31ea78f608c7c6d5ac9c1b5072326ea756e13a9b6c2608488"
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 SB 1096 (20112012) — Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Under existing law, the Voters FIRST Act and the Voters FIRST Act for Congress, the Citizens Redistricting Commission is charged with various duties and responsibilities in connection with redistricting Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and congressional districts. Existing law requires the Citizens Redistricting Commission to hire commission staff, legal counsel, and consultants, as needed, and requires the Secretary of State to provide support functions to the Citizens Redistricting Commission until its staff and office are fully functional.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096&version=20110SB109699INT)
2. **03/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096&version=20110SB109698AMD)
3. **04/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096&version=20110SB109697AMD)
4. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096&version=20110SB109696AMD)
5. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096&version=20110SB109694CHP)
6. **SB1096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096)
7. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1096&version=20110SB109695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1096 Committee on E.& C.A. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1096 E. & C.A. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-16** (Corrected February 17.)
- **2012-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2012-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3232.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3472.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5967.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 271, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d124ee0-60d9-4ab2-8acb-19bf780b0a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).