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type: "Bill"
title: "Primary elections: petitions: signatures."
description: "Existing law requires a person who seeks to have his or her name printed on the ballot used at the direct primary to file with the county elections official a declaration of candidacy and nomination papers. Existing law requires a person to pay a fee to file his or her declaration of candidacy. Existing law permits a candidate to submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures of registered voters in lieu of the filing fee required for the declaration of candidacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2233"
citation: "California AB 2233 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary elections: petitions: signatures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donnelly"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e810030-817a-451e-871f-69da34ff9034"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233"
source_hash: "6d8d6665712e40e13f8503958c8ad0f773d8fad748ebf4249c5097fc073094e3"
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 2233 (20132014) — Primary elections: petitions: signatures.
Existing law requires a person who seeks to have his or her name printed on the ballot used at the direct primary to file with the county elections official a declaration of candidacy and nomination papers. Existing law requires a person to pay a fee to file his or her declaration of candidacy. Existing law permits a candidate to submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures of registered voters in lieu of the filing fee required for the declaration of candidacy.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233&version=20130AB223399INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233&version=20130AB223398AMD)
3. **05/13/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233&version=20130AB223397AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233&version=20130AB223395CHP)
5. **AB2233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233)
6. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2233&version=20130AB223396ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **50** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2233 Donnelly By Anderson — **303** (pass) · upper
- AB 2233 DONNELLY Assembly Third Reading — **703** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Donnelly — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 5158.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4363.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e810030-817a-451e-871f-69da34ff9034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).