republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-327.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: procedure."
description: "(1) Existing law requires that a notice of intention and the title and summary of a local ordinance proposed to be submitted to the voters of an incorporated city be published or posted, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "California SB 327 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64fe93ac-3662-4d63-b9ab-f2d7e9b85d01"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327"
source_hash: "6fe6885d1c1a516afc23e5122409f6294699b54800ee453d204876d73d147746"
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 327 (20112012) — Elections: procedure.

(1) Existing law requires that a notice of intention and the title and summary of a local ordinance proposed to be submitted to the voters of an incorporated city be published or posted, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32799INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32798AMD)
3. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32797AMD)
4. **06/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32796AMD)
5. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32794CHP)
6. **SB327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327)
7. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB327&version=20110SB32795ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB327 Committee on E.& C.A. (Correa) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB327 Committee on E.& C.A. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 327 E. & C.A. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** 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`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 541.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-26** 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`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2343.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1910.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 248, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64fe93ac-3662-4d63-b9ab-f2d7e9b85d01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).