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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections: ballot language."
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description: "Existing law specifies the format of language printed on ballots for various ballot measures relating to local governments, including cities, counties, school districts, and other special districts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 1512"
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citation: "California AB 1512 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "ballotlanguage"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-03-10"
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last_action: "2025-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6edf7a0f-0835-4f2b-909d-522a34747535"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512"
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source_hash: "cadc222a3a9cfe36d769a35da7294d64637a58b5b0182fd646403966884c1f3b"
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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 1512 (20252026) — Elections: ballot language.
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Existing law specifies the format of language printed on ballots for various ballot measures relating to local governments, including cities, counties, school districts, and other special districts.
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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. **03/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151299INT)
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2. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151298AMD)
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3. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151296CHP)
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4. **AB1512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512)
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5. **08/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1512&version=20250AB151297ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1512 Elections Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1512 ELECTIONS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Elections — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** From printer. May be heard in committee April 10.
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- **2025-03-17** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1488.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-21** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2249.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2025-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2025. `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/6edf7a0f-0835-4f2b-909d-522a34747535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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