Skip to content

Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 162

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

the date of the presidential preference primary and certain other election occurrences.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The bill changes the date of the presidential preference primary from the 3rd

Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in April in those years in which the

president and vice president are elected. The bill also changes the dates of related

election events to accommodate the change in the date of the primary.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Tauchen (R)

1 cosponsors

Lazich (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Election and Campaign Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Aug 2, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Tauchen;Cosponsored by Senator Lazich

  2. May 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Election and Campaign Reform

  3. Jun 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by committee on Election and Campaign Reform

  6. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Election and Campaign Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Election and Campaign Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Sep 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-13-2011 by committee on Rules

  10. Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1