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type: "Bill"
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title: "Primary elections: ballots."
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description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference from voting in a particular party's primary election, including a presidential primary election, unless the party has authorized such a voter to vote in that party's primary election."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 292"
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citation: "California AB 292 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Primary elections", "ballots"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4351d6a-e1c6-45d7-8813-19f85692b0fc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292"
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source_hash: "0a95b8e8ad2f1456606654794524bea342a61f8e5557ee82cbd2dee7dfd51c27"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 292 (20232024) — Primary elections: ballots.
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(1) Existing law prohibits a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference from voting in a particular party's primary election, including a presidential primary election, unless the party has authorized such a voter to vote in that party's primary election.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/25/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29299INT)
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2. **02/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29298AMD)
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3. **04/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29297AMD)
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4. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29296AMD)
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5. **06/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29295AMD)
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6. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29293CHP)
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7. **AB292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292)
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8. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB292&version=20230AB29294ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 292 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB292 Pellerin By Allen — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- AB 292 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — **59–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pellerin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
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- **2023-02-02** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 1792.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2023-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2427.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
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- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 3053.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4351d6a-e1c6-45d7-8813-19f85692b0fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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