republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State ballot pamphlet."
description: "Existing law requires the Secretary of State, for each statewide election, to prepare and distribute a state ballot pamphlet describing each statewide ballot measure and containing other specified information. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to provide the state ballot pamphlets to county elections officials not less than 45 days before the election, and further requires that the state ballot pamphlets be mailed to voters commencing not less than 40 days before the election. In addition, existing law requires that the Secretary of State furnish a copy of the state ballot pamphlet to the Office of State Printing for preparation not less than 40 days before the date the Secretary of State is required to provide the pamphlets to the county elections officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1195"
citation: "California SB 1195 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State ballot pamphlet."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b5fdf27-40ca-4b9d-8c9e-12c4ccf1403c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195"
source_hash: "197414bf7664d1079e5d36eefea2521d12a98ad59ca9ab0e2020a1786de45b31"
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 1195 (20132014) — State ballot pamphlet.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State, for each statewide election, to prepare and distribute a state ballot pamphlet describing each statewide ballot measure and containing other specified information. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to provide the state ballot pamphlets to county elections officials not less than 45 days before the election, and further requires that the state ballot pamphlets be mailed to voters commencing not less than 40 days before the election. In addition, existing law requires that the Secretary of State furnish a copy of the state ballot pamphlet to the Office of State Printing for preparation not less than 40 days before the date the Secretary of State is required to provide the pamphlets to the county elections officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195&version=20130SB119599INT)
2. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195&version=20130SB119598AMD)
3. **08/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195&version=20130SB119597AMD)
4. **08/11/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195&version=20130SB119595CHP)
5. **SB1195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195)
6. **08/11/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1195&version=20130SB119596ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE SB1195 Steinberg Urgency Clause Concurrence — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1195 Steinberg Third Reading Urgency — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3295.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3360.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5976.)
- **2014-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 5976.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-11** In Senate.
- **2014-08-11** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2014-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 3. Page 4420.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:15 p.m.
- **2014-08-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 187, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b5fdf27-40ca-4b9d-8c9e-12c4ccf1403c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).