republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2439.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of State: initiative information."
description: "The California Constitution reserves the right of the people to propose statutes and amendments to the Constitution by initiative measure. Existing law authorizes the Legislative Counsel to cooperate with proponents in drafting an initiative measure, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to perform a specified review of a proposed initiative measure prior to circulation of the measure, upon the request of the measure's proponents. Existing law also requires the Secretary to prepare, and make available, a pamphlet describing the procedures and requirements relating to the initiative process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2439"
citation: "California AB 2439 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State: initiative information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donnelly"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/869b6b5b-941c-407d-aeae-606bcba8302e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2439"
source_hash: "c15702d25795dc3299964bb19908f7d254113494ad27daa33e56eb6f391af542"
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 2439 (20132014) — Secretary of State: initiative information.

The California Constitution reserves the right of the people to propose statutes and amendments to the Constitution by initiative measure. Existing law authorizes the Legislative Counsel to cooperate with proponents in drafting an initiative measure, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to perform a specified review of a proposed initiative measure prior to circulation of the measure, upon the request of the measure's proponents. Existing law also requires the Secretary to prepare, and make available, a pamphlet describing the procedures and requirements relating to the initiative process.

## 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=201320140AB2439&version=20130AB243999INT)
2. **04/08/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2439&version=20130AB243998AMD)
3. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2439&version=20130AB243996CHP)
4. **AB2439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2439)
5. **07/10/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2439&version=20130AB243997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2439 DONNELLY Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (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`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4970.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4254.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 168, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/869b6b5b-941c-407d-aeae-606bcba8302e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).