republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-863.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Measures proposed by the Legislature."
description: "Existing law requires every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people by the Legislature to appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal by the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "California SB 863 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Measures proposed by the Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/761e0f73-daf9-4b74-b430-49f11e6d190d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863"
source_hash: "57bbd6afa61a5e5fade7efbd5414959da809c83ae632a23a1a23373bdd2ba466"
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 863 (20232024) — Measures proposed by the Legislature.

Existing law requires every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people by the Legislature to appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal by the Legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863&version=20230SB86399INT)
2. **01/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863&version=20230SB86397AMD)
3. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863&version=20230SB86398AMD)
4. **06/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863&version=20230SB86396AMD)
5. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863&version=20230SB86394CHP)
6. **SB863** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863)
7. **08/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB863&version=20230SB86395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 863 Allen Senate Third Reading By Low — **55–16** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB863 Allen Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2023-04-21** May 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** Set for hearing January 9.
- **2024-01-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 2957.) (January 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 3061.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** June 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 16. Page 6246.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5245.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 449, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/761e0f73-daf9-4b74-b430-49f11e6d190d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).