republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-665.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: ballot measures."
description: "Under existing law, whenever a statewide, county, city, or school district measure qualifies for the ballot, specified entities, including bona fide associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or against the measure. If more than one of these entities or individuals submits an argument, existing law directs the appropriate official to select the argument to be printed and distributed based on the identity of the author or authors, which existing law prioritizes, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 665"
citation: "California SB 665 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: ballot measures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moorlach"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cbbbb91-de7d-41e3-aa1a-042225c853c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665"
source_hash: "47af9c04b469d260d9dc82e0c0381318623a75cc0023d3c4946dd4387f680fa9"
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 665 (20172018) — Elections: ballot measures.

Under existing law, whenever a statewide, county, city, or school district measure qualifies for the ballot, specified entities, including bona fide associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or against the measure. If more than one of these entities or individuals submits an argument, existing law directs the appropriate official to select the argument to be printed and distributed based on the identity of the author or authors, which existing law prioritizes, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665&version=20170SB66599INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665&version=20170SB66598AMD)
3. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665&version=20170SB66597AMD)
4. **06/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665&version=20170SB66596AMD)
5. **07/17/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665&version=20170SB66594CHP)
6. **SB665** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665)
7. **06/30/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB665&version=20170SB66595ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB665 Moorlach et al. Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moorlach — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Published May 3 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 990.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2317.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1802.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2017-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 75, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cbbbb91-de7d-41e3-aa1a-042225c853c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).