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SB 148 (Anderson-R) Primary elections: voter-nominated offices

Provides that a candidate for State Senator or Member of the Assembly who receives at least a majority of the votes cast for that office in the primary election shall be declared elected to that office, and that no general election will be held for that office.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SB 519* (Emmerson-R) Special elections

Requires the state to reimburse counties for the costs of special elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Senator or Member of the Assembly, United States Senator, or Member of the United States House of Representatives. Requires reimbursement for those elections held between 1/1/12 and 12/31/13.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 638 (Lara-D) Election crimes: misrepresentation by candidates

Makes it a misdemeanor for an individual who becomes, or induces another individual to become, a candidate for a local or state elective office under a name that is identical to, or very similar to, another candidate for that same office, with the sole intent of deliberately misleading voters who desire to vote for that other candidate, and otherwise would vote for that other candidate.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SB 844 (Pavley-D) Ballot measure contributions

Requires the Secretary of State to create an Internet Web site, or use other available technology, to consolidate information about each state ballot measure in a manner that is easy for voters to access and understand, as specified.
Chapter 920, Statutes of 2014

SB 867* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) State reserve fund ballot measure

Designates ACA 1X2 (John A. Pérez, Chapter 1, Statutes of the 2013-14, Second Extraordinary Session) commonly referred to as the "Rainy Day Fund" measure, as Proposition 2.
Chapter 186, Statutes of 2014

SB 942* (Vidak-R) Special elections: reimbursement for expenses

Requires the state to reimburse counties for the expenses related to special elections called to fill specified vacancies which are held between 1/1/08 and 12/31/14.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 963 (Torres-D) Special elections: reimbursement for costs

Requires the state to reimburse counties for the costs of special elections incurred on or after 1/1/13, proclaimed by the Governor to fill vacancies in the California State Legislature and California Congressional seats.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1043 (Torres-D) In-lieu-filing-fee/political party qualification petitions

Provides that a person who is found guilty of fraud within the context of circulating or filing of an in-lieu-filing fee petition or political party qualification petition is subject to the same penalties as a person found guilty of other forms of petition fraud.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

SB 1062 (Block-D) Vote by mail ballots

Requires the elections official to include a return envelope with postage prepaid by the Secretary of State with every ballot if the ballot is to be mailed within the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1195* (Steinberg-D) State ballot pamphlet

Authorizes the Secretary of State to send the initial Voter Guide to the voters 38 days before Election Day rather than the 40 days as currently required.
Chapter 187, Statutes of 2014

SB 1253 (Steinberg-D) Initiative measures

Makes several changes to the initiative process including providing a 30-day public review process, extending the timeframe allowed for circulating a petition, and allowing the withdrawal of a petition at any time before the measure qualifies for the ballot; and makes several other changes to the procedures and requirements for placing an initiative petition measure on the ballot.
Chapter 697, Statutes of 2014

SB 1294 (Huff-R) Ballot titles and summaries

Requires the Legislative Analyst, instead of the Attorney General, to prepare the ballot label and the ballot title and summary for all measures submitted to the voters of the state, but does not affect the existing role of the Attorney General in preparing the circulating title and summary of proposed ballot measures.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SB 1365 (Padilla-D) California Voting Rights Act of 2001

Expands the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 to allow challenges to district-based elections to be brought under the Act, as specified.
Vetoed

SB 1402 (De León-D) Immigration reform: advisory election

Calls a special election to be consolidated with the 11/4/14, statewide general election. Requires the Secretary of State to submit to the voters at the 11/4/14, consolidated election an advisory question asking whether the Congress of the United States should immediately reform our immigration laws and pass comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants meeting certain requirements, as specified, and whether the President of the United States should halt deportations of parents whose children were born in the United States until that new immigration law is passed.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)

SCA 6 (DeSaulnier-D) Initiative measures: funding source

Prohibits, if approved by the voters, future initiatives from being placed on the ballot if the measure results in a net increase in state or local government costs as determined by the Legislative Analyst's Office and the Director of the Department of Finance.
(Died on Senate Third Reading File)

SCA 12 (Lara-D) Voter-nominated primary elections

Provides that, for a person whose name was written in upon the ballot for the voter-nominated primary election for a congressional or state elective office, and is one of the top two vote-getters, to appear as a candidate for that office in the ensuing general election, the write-in candidate must have received votes at the primary election equal in number to at least 1% of all votes cast for the office at the last preceding general election at which the office was filled.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SCA 14 (Anderson-R) Voter-nominated primary elections

Provides that, if a candidate for State Senator or Member of the Assembly receives at least a majority of the votes cast for the office in a voter-nominated primary election, the candidate will be declared elected, and no general election will be held for that office.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SR 50 (Steinberg-D) Election of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Elects Senator Kevin de León as President Pro Tempore of the Senate and specifies he shall take office on 10/15/14.
Adopted by the Senate

AB 54 (Gorell-R) Ballot measure

Moves ACA 4 (Gatto, Chapter 174, Statutes of 2010) from the November 2014 statewide general election ballot to the June 2014 statewide primary election ballot.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 269 (Grove-R) Vote by mail ballots: military or overseas voters

Allows the vote by mail ballot of a military or overseas voter to arrive up to three days after the election and still be counted, provided that the ballot is postmarked by the United States Postal Service or the Military Postal Service Agency on or before Election Day.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 400 (Fong-D) Petitions: initiative, referendum, or recall

Requires an initiative, referendum, or recall petition that is circulated by a paid circulator to include a statement identifying the five largest contributors of $10,000 or more in support of the measure.
Vetoed

AB 450 (Jones-Sawyer-D) Community college trustee areas

Requires the Los Angeles Community College District, beginning in 2015, to have district governing board members elected by trustee areas, instead of at large. States that the District board is to provide for the establishment of seven trustee areas by 7/1/14, and hold a public hearing prior to adopting the boundaries of each trustee area.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 692 (Gonzalez-D) Immigration reform: advisory election

Submits an advisory question to the voters asking whether the President and Congress of the United States should reform immigration laws and pass comprehensive immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 882 (Gordon-D) Voter registration and recall elections

Corrects an inconsistency in current election law regarding the process governing the verification of signatures on a recall petition.
Chapter 586, Statutes of 2014

AB 1075 (Olsen-R) Primary: voter-nominated offices

Allows a candidate for an elective state office (other than Superintendent of Public Instruction) to win outright in the primary election if the candidate receives at least 60% of the votes cast for that office, provided that ACA 10 (Olsen) is submitted to and approved by the voters.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1157 (Jones-R) Voting procedures

Requires a vote by mail identification envelope to include the last four digits of the voter's California driver's license number or California identification card number or, if the voter has neither, the last four digits of the voter's social security number. Requires the signature and numeric identifying information to be verified as consistent with the voter's state or federal records before counting the ballot.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1311 (Bradford-D) Recall elections and voter registration

Establishes a process for filling a vacancy in an office that occurs after a recall petition has been filed against the vacating officer, and permits otherwise qualified conservatees to receive assistance when filling out an affidavit of voter registration without jeopardizing their right to vote.
Chapter 591, Statutes of 2014

AB 1383 (Roger Hernández-D) District-based municipal elections

Permits the legislative body of a city to provide by ordinance, without submitting the ordinance to the voters of the city for approval, for the election of members of the legislative body by district if the voters of the city previously rejected such an ordinance, as specified, and repeals this provision on 12/31/16.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1440 (Campos-D) District boundaries: public hearing

Requires political subdivisions that change from an at-large method of election to a district-based election to hold public hearings, and requires special districts to hold a public hearing before adjusting the boundaries of a division.
Chapter 873, Statutes of 2014

AB 1589 (Frazier-D) Military or overseas voters: electronic ballots

Deletes provisions of law that require a military or overseas voter's electronic mail address to expire no later than December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the application and instead requires an elections official to provide for electronic delivery of a ballot to a military or overseas voter who makes a standing request for all elections conducted in the jurisdiction in which he/she is eligible to vote.
Chapter 649, Statutes of 2014

AB 1596 (Garcia-D) Vote by mail ballot applications

Requires a printed vote by mail ballot application that allows a voter to submit the application by mail to inform the voter of the address for the elections official and specify that address as the only appropriate destination address for mailing the application.
Chapter 596, Statutes of 2014

AB 1836 (Jones-R) Vote by mail ballots

Requires a person who is returning a vote by mail ballot for another voter to sign a roster and to provide specified information when returning that ballot.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1873 (Gonzalez-D) Special mail ballot elections: San Diego County

Enacts a pilot project to permit San Diego County to conduct special elections to fill legislative and congressional vacancies located wholly within San Diego County as all mail ballot elections under specified conditions and makes specified finding and declarations related thereto.
Chapter 598, Statutes of 2014

AB 2003 (Fong-D) Ballot materials: translations

Allows each county elections official to select an accredited translator registered with the American Translators Association to provide the translation.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 2028 (Mullin-D) All-mailed ballot elections: San Mateo County

Authorizes San Mateo County to participate in an ongoing pilot project that allows certain elections to be conducted entirely by mailed ballot.
Chapter 209, Statutes of 2014

AB 2093 (Grove-R) Petitions: filings

Permits a statewide initiative or referendum petition, if the last day to file a petition is a holiday, as defined by existing law, to be filed with the county elections official on the next business day.
Chapter 106, Statutes of 2014

AB 2177 (Brown-D) Early voting

Requires local election officials, upon securing sufficient funding, to establish early voting locations to vote by mail voters.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2219 (Fong-D) Initiative and referendum petitions

Allows county elections officials to discontinue verifying signatures on a petition once the Secretary of State has determined, based on status reports on signature verification received from the elections officials, that an initiative or referendum has qualified for the ballot.
Chapter 681, Statutes of 2014

AB 2233 (Donnelly-R) Primary elections: petitions: signatures

Reduces the number of signatures that a candidate needs at a special vacancy election on a petition in lieu of paying a filing fee in proportion to any reduction in the amount of time to collect signatures.
Chapter 270, Statutes of 2014

AB 2273 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Payment of election expenses

Requires the state, rather than counties, to pay the costs of all special elections held since 1/1/13, and to be held to fill vacant seats in the Legislature or in Congress. Specifies that if a special election is consolidated with a statewide or local election, the state will only pay for the additional expenses attributable to the special election.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2351 (Gordon-D) Political party qualification

Revises conditions under which a political party is considered qualified to participate in a primary or presidential general election.
Chapter 903, Statutes of 2014

AB 2369 (Hagman-R) Voter-requested recounts

Requires a voter or a campaign committee as defined, represented by the voter filing the request seeking the recount to, before the recount is commenced and at the beginning of each day following, deposit with the elections official a sum as required by the election's official to cover the cost of the recount for that day.
Chapter 904, Statutes of 2014

AB 2394 (Gorell-R) Secretary of State

Requires elections for Secretary of State to be conducted using a nonpartisan election system, and requires the Secretary, instead of the Attorney General, to prepare the titles and summaries for proposed state initiatives and for qualified state ballot measures.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 2439 (Donnelly-R) Secretary of State: initiative information

Requires the Secretary of State to post on his/her Internet Web site and include in the Statewide Initiative Guide pamphlet, information describing that specified services are available to the proponents of a proposed measure.
Chapter 168, Statutes of 2014

AB 2530 (Rodriguez-D) Ballot processing

Authorizes an elections official to use signature verification technology when comparing the signatures on a vote by mail ballot identification envelope. Specifies that if signature verification technology determines the signatures do not compare, the elections official shall not reject the ballot unless he/she visually examines the signatures and verifies that the signatures do not compare.
Chapter 906, Statutes of 2014

AB 2550 (Roger Hernández-D) Election dates

Requires general law cities and some charter cities, school districts, community college districts, and special districts to hold their general elections at the same time as the statewide primary or statewide general election, or on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2551 (Wilk-R) Local ballot measures: bond issues

Requires local agencies, when submitting bond measures for voter approval, to include in sample ballot materials information on the estimated total debt service, including the principal and interest, which will be required to be repaid if all the bonds are issued and sold.
Chapter 908, Statutes of 2014

AB 2562 (Fong-D) Elections

Makes various minor and technical changes to provisions of law governing elections.
Chapter 909, Statutes of 2014

AB 2631 (Dababneh-D) Voting machines

Updates the definition of a "voting machine" and revises other provisions of the Elections Code.
Chapter 911, Statutes of 2014

AB 2715 (Roger Hernández-D) District-based municipal elections

Modifies requirements for general law cities to change from at-large to districts elections, and mandates that some cities make this change.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2766 (Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee) Central committees: oaths

Repeals the provisions of law that require county central committee members of Democratic, Republican, and American Independent parties, whether elected to the committee or appointed to fill a vacancy, before he/she enters upon the duties of his/her office, to take and subscribe the oath or affirmation to uphold the United States and California Constitutions.
Chapter 543, Statutes of 2014

ACA 9 (Gorell-R) Voter-nominated primary elections

Requires a write-in candidate for a voter-nominated office, as defined, to receive a specified number of votes at the primary election in order for his/her name to appear on the ballot at the general election.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)

ACA 10 (Olsen-R) Voter-nominated primary elections

Allows a candidate for an elective state office (other than Superintendent of Public Instruction) to win outright in the primary election, and provides that the contest shall not appear on the general election ballot, if the candidate receives at least 60% of the votes cast for that office.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

ACA 12 (Gorell-R) Secretary of State

Requires elections for Secretary of State to be conducted using a nonpartisan election system, and requires the Secretary, instead of the Attorney General, to prepare the titles and summaries for proposed state initiatives and for qualified state ballot measures.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

Political Reform

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SB 2 (Lieu-D) Political Reform Act of 1974

Makes numerous significant changes to the Political Reform Act.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

SB 27* (Correa-D) Multipurpose organization

Establishes conditions under which a multipurpose organization that makes campaign contributions or expenditures is required to disclose names of its donors. Requires the Fair Political Practices Commission's Internet Web site to include a list of the largest contributors to committees that support or oppose state ballot measures or candidates, as specified.
Chapter 16, Statutes of 2014

SB 52 (Leno-D) Campaign disclosures

Changes the content and format of disclosure statements required on advertisements supporting or opposing ballot measures and repeals existing requirements governing disclaimers and disclosure statements that must appear on campaign advertisements relating to ballot measures.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

SB 121 (Evans-D) Corporations: political activities: shareholder disclosure

Requires corporations to notify their shareholders at least 24 hours before making political contributions or expenditures, as defined, and to annually summarize and report to their shareholders on the political contributions and expenditures they made during the prior year, as specified.
(Died in Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee)

SB 831 (Hill-D) Political Reform Act of 1974

Makes several changes to the Political Reform Act relating to behested payments, travel gifts, and the use of campaign funds.
Vetoed

SB 1101* (Padilla-D) Campaign contributions

Amends the Political Reform Act to prohibit campaign contributions to a Member of the Legislature during specified periods of time.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

SB 1102 (Padilla-D) Campaign contribution reports

Makes several changes to the filing of campaign contribution reports by decreasing the dollar threshold of contributions that must be reported, and increasing the frequency of certain reports.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1103 (Padilla-D) Candidacy for elective state office

Prohibits an elected state officer or a candidate for elected state office from having campaign contribution accounts open to run for more than one elective state office at the same election, or from opening a campaign contribution account to run for elective state office at an election that is more than four years in the future.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

SB 1104 (Padilla-D) Campaign communication disclosure

Amends the Political Reform Act to require, effective 7/1/17, all campaign communications - advertisements, mass mailings, or slate mailers - supporting or opposing a candidate for elective state office or a statewide ballot measure to be filed electronically with the Secretary of State and posted on the Secretary's Internet Web site.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1272 (Lieu-D) Campaign finance: advisory election

Places an advisory question on the 11/4/14, statewide general election ballot on amending the United States Constitution to address campaign finance issues.
Chapter 175, Statutes of 2014

SB 1379* (Huff-R) Political reform

Makes numerous changes to the Political Reform Act and the Penal Code.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SB 1441 (Lara-D) Contributions: lobbyists

Revises the definition of "contribution" to include a payment made by a lobbyist or a cohabitant of a lobbyist for costs related to a fundraising event held at the home of the lobbyist, as specified; and makes these payments attributable to the lobbyist for purposes of the prohibition against a lobbyist making a contribution to specified candidates and elected officers.
Chapter 930, Statutes of 2014
An identical bill was AB 1673 (Garcia, Chapter 882, Statutes of 2014).

SB 1442 (Lara-D) Campaign statements

Requires the development of a new Internet-based campaign filing and public display system. Requires state candidates and campaign committees to file periodic campaign reports every calendar quarter, instead of semi-annually, beginning January 1 of the year following the year in which the new campaign filing and display system becomes operational.
Vetoed

SB 1443 (De León-D) Gift limitations

Prohibits a lobbyist or lobbying firm from making a gift of any amount to a state candidate, elected state officer, or legislative official, or to a specified agency official; and lowers the existing gift limit from $440 per calendar year from a single source to $200 per year from a single source.
Vetoed

AB 45 (Dickinson-D) Multipurpose organization

Provides that a payment made to a multipurpose organization, as defined, is a contribution to that organization if the donor knows or has reason to know, under specified circumstances, that the payment, or part of the payment, will be used to make a contribution or an independent expenditure. Requires a donor under these circumstances to be identified and reported by the multipurpose organization according to regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

AB 510 (Ammiano-D) Advertisement disclosures

Requires an advertisement relating to a ballot measure to include a specified disclaimer if it includes an appearance by an individual who is paid to appear in the advertisement and it communicates that the individual is a member of an occupation that requires licensure or specialized training.
Chapter 868, Statutes of 2014

AB 800* (Gordon-D) Audits and investigations

Makes several changes relating to audits and investigations conducted under the Political Reform Act, and provides a 90-day timeframe before campaign funds become designated as "surplus" funds.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2014

AB 1059 (Wieckowski-D) Public officers and employees: financial interests

Extends the application of those prohibitions to independent contractors who perform a public function, and specifically provides when an independent contractor, or an owner, officer, employee, or agent of the independent contractor, has a financial interest in a contract.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1431 (Gonzalez-D) Campaign contributions: schools

Amends the Political Reform Act to prohibit a school or community college district administrator from soliciting campaign contributions for district board members and candidates for the district board, except as specified.
Vetoed

AB 1666 (Garcia-D) Campaign funds: bribery fines

Doubles the restitution fines for a member of the Legislature or any member of a local government legislative body who asks for or receives a bribe in exchange for influence over his/her official action, as specified.
Chapter 881, Statutes of 2014

AB 1673 (Garcia-D) Contributions: lobbyists

Revises the definition of "contribution" to include a payment made by a lobbyist or a cohabitant of a lobbyist for costs related to a fundraising event held at the home of the lobbyist, as specified; and makes these payments attributable to the lobbyist for purposes of the prohibition against a lobbyist making a contribution to specified candidates and elected officers.
Chapter 882, Statutes of 2014
An identical bill was SB 1441 (Lara, Chapter 930, Statutes of 2014).

AB 1692 (Garcia-D) Campaign and legal defense funds

Limits the use of campaign funds and legal defense funds to pay fines and penalties that are imposed for an improper personal use of campaign funds.
Chapter 884, Statutes of 2014

AB 1716 (Garcia-D) Postemployment activity restrictions

Makes former local administrative officials subject to the permanent ban on "switching sides" in a governmental proceeding that currently applies to state administrative officials.
Vetoed

AB 1728 (Garcia-D) Contributions: local water boards

Makes all officials who are elected to local water boards subject to existing provisions of state law limiting contributions to officials from entities with business before the agency involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use.
Vetoed

AB 1757 (Waldron-R) California Film Commission: conflicts of interest

Adds members of the California Film Commission to those specified officers who must publicly identify a financial interest giving rise to a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, and recuse themselves accordingly.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 2320 (Fong-D) Campaign funds

Prohibits a spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office from receiving, in exchange for services rendered, compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of the elected officer or candidate for elective office.
Chapter 902, Statutes of 2014

AB 2661 (Bradford-D) Conflicts of interest: Energy Commission

Moves the conflict of interest provisions related to the California Energy Commission, from the Public Resources Code into the Political Reform Act; and revises the limitations on appointments to the Commission if the appointee received income from a load serving entity in the two years prior to his/her appointment.
Vetoed

AB 2692 (Fong-D) Expenditures: personal benefit

Requires a person who improperly benefits from the personal use of campaign funds to forfeit the value of the personal benefit received, as specified.
Vetoed

Voter Registration

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SB 113 (Jackson-D) Affidavit of registration

Expands pre-registration by authorizing a 16-year-old to pre-register to vote once pre-registration is in effect, provided he/she meets all other eligibility requirements, as specified.
Chapter 619, Statutes of 2014

SB 361 (Padilla-D) Electronic voter registration forms

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and voter registration agencies as designated by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, one year after the Secretary of State certifies that the state has a statewide voter registration database in compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, to allow customers, students, and clients, respectively, to submit voter registration forms electronically to the Secretary of State.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 756 (Galgiani-D) Statewide voter database

Provides that the provisions of AB 1436 (Feuer, Chapter 497, Statutes of 2012), including conditional voter registration and related provisional voting during the 14 days prior to, and on Election Day, will go into effect on 1/1/14, instead of waiting until the Secretary of State certifies a Federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 compliant statewide voter database.
(Died in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

SB 1061 (Block-D) Affidavit of registration

Requires an application for a new or renewed California driver's license, instruction permit, junior permit, or identification card to contain an affidavit of registration and other specified information; and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to confer with the Secretary of State and develop applications that are in compliance with these provisions and the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1063 (Block-D) Juvenile detention facilities

Requires state and local juvenile detention facilities, as specified, to identify individuals housed in those facilities who are of age to register to vote and not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and to provide and assist in completing affidavits of registration and returning the completed voter registration cards, as specified.
Chapter 624, Statutes of 2014

AB 843 (Logue-R) Voter registration: identification requirements

Requires that a registrant provide proof of residency in order for a conditional voter registration to be deemed effective. Requires the elections official, if a conditional voter registration is not deemed effective, to process the affidavit of registration pursuant to existing law, and provided that all other eligibility requirements are met, deems the registration effective in forthcoming elections.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1122 (Levine-D) Voter registration: Department of Motor Vehicles

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to coordinate with the Secretary of State, to the extent the state's implementation plan for the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is inconsistent with federal law, to take additional steps to fully implement and further comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1170 (Donnelly-R) Primary elections: party qualification

Provides that a political party is qualified to participate in a primary election if at the last preceding primary election, any one of the candidates of the party for any office voted on throughout the state, polled at least 2% of the entire vote of the state for that office at the last preceding gubernatorial "primary" election, instead of the last preceding gubernatorial "general" election.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1446 (Mullin-D) Personal information

Updates the voter registration process to reflect the availability of online voter registration.
Chapter 593, Statutes of 2014

AB 1817 (Gomez-D) High school pupils

Requires high schools to allow any person authorized to register voters by the county election official to do so on high school campuses during specified times, and authorizes high schools to appoint students to be voter outreach coordinators, as specified.
Chapter 131, Statutes of 2014

Miscellaneous

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SB 29 (Correa-D) Vote by mail ballots and election result statements

Allows vote by mail ballots to be counted if they are cast by Election Day and received by the elections official no later than three days after the election.
Chapter 618, Statutes of 2014

SB 240 (Yee-D) Vote by mail ballot drop boxes

Requires the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations establishing security measures and procedures that a county elections official must comply with if the county elections official establishes one or more vote by mail ballot drop-off locations.
(Died at Assembly Desk)

SB 637* (Yee-D) Early voting

Requires on at least one Saturday on or after the date an elections official first delivers ballots to vote by mail voters for a statewide election, or for any other election as determined by the elections official based on voter demand, the elections official may allow voters to vote in the election by means of early voting at an early voting location designated for this purpose, provided that the location is accessible and complies with disability access requirements under federal and state law.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 952 (Torres-D) Prohibited financial interests: aiding and abetting

Prohibits an individual from aiding or abetting a public officer or person in violating the law prohibiting financial conflicts of interest, and extends the penalties under existing law to apply to the individual who willfully aids or abets, as specified.
Chapter 483, Statutes of 2014

SCA 7 (Wolk-D) Local government financing: public libraries: voter approval

Allows cities, counties, and special districts to issue bonded indebtedness to construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, or replace public libraries, including furnishings, equipment, or leasing real property, if the proposition meets specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SCA 9 (Corbett-D) Economic development: special taxes: vote threshold

Lowers the vote threshold for local agencies imposing, extending, or increasing a special tax to fund local community and economic development projects within their jurisdiction to 55%, if specified requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SCA 11 (Hancock-D) Local government: special taxes: vote threshold

Lowers the vote threshold for local agencies imposing, extending, or increasing any special tax from two-thirds to 55% provided specified requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SCA 16 (Steinberg-D) Members of the Legislature: vacancy

Establishes a procedure by which the Governor will fill a vacancy in either house of the Legislature by appointment.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

SCA 17 (Steinberg-D) Members of the Legislature: suspension

Authorizes each house of the Legislature to suspend a Member and deem the salary and benefits of that Member to be forfeited for all or part of the period of the suspension.
Chapter 127, Statutes of 2014

SCR 123 (Wyland-R) Voter Awareness Week

Proclaims the week of 9/21/14 to 9/27/14, as Voter Awareness Week.
Resolution Chapter 78, Statutes of 2014

AB 19 (Ting-D) Internet Voting Pilot Program

Authorizes an Internet Voting Pilot Program, subject to specified requirements.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 193 (Logue-R) Local ballot measures: arguments

Extends, by one day, the time allowed to submit an argument for or against a local ballot measure if none has been submitted to the elections official before the established deadline.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 280 (Alejo-D) Voting rights: preclearance

Provides that if a political subdivision enacts or seeks to administer a voting related law, regulation, or policy as specified, it must first obtain approval from the Secretary of State.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 472 (Patterson-R) Vote by mail ballots: military or overseas voters

Makes an exception regarding when a vote by mail ballot must be received, for military or overseas voters, as defined, and requires that their vote by mail ballots be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by their elections officials not later than 10 days after Election Day.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 621 (Wagner-R) Local government: bonds

Prohibits a local agency from entering into a financial advisory, legal advisory, underwriting, or other similar relationship with an individual or firm, with respect to a new bond issue that requires voter approval on or after 1/1/14, if that individual or firm provided, or will provide, bond campaign services to the bond campaign.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

AB 644 (Wieckowski-D) Campaign finance: advisory election

Requires a statewide advisory vote on the November 2014, general election ballot on amending the United States Constitution to address campaign financing issues.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

AB 1033 (Donnelly-R) Corruption of voters

Conforms state law to federal law by making it a felony, punishable by imprisonment for 16 months, two years, or three years, to provide a reward to a person for voting or to offer to provide a reward to induce a person to vote in a non-federal election. States that this provision does not include offering someone transportation to a polling place.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1117 (Donnelly-R) Initiative petitions: electronic access

Allows proponents of an initiative or referendum to email the petition to the Secretary of State (SOS), and requires SOS to make the initiative available to the public for downloading and printing from SOS's Internet Web site.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1752 (Fong-D) Redistricting: incumbent designation

Makes the portion of a new district that is represented by an elected official a more important factor than district number when determining which candidate is considered the "incumbent" after redistricting in an election for the United States Congress, California Legislature, or Board of Equalization.
Chapter 887, Statutes of 2014

AB 1768 (Fong-D) Declaration of candidacy: residence address

Provides that at the discretion of an elections official, a candidate for any office whose voter registration is confidential, may withhold his/her residence address from the declaration of candidacy.
Chapter 130, Statutes of 2014

AB 1861 (Assembly Budget Committee) Budget Act of 2013

Amends the 2013 Budget Act by removing Voter Identification Procedures from the list of suspended state-mandated local programs and appropriates $7.553 million from the General Fund to pay for the mandate claims.
(Died in Assembly Budget Committee)

AB 2684* (Stone-D) Precinct boards: pupil attendance

Deems a pupil serving as a member of a precinct board for an election to be participating in independent study, as specified, for purposes of calculating average daily attendance, thus allowing the school district to generate state apportionment payments for the pupil's absence.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

ACA 6 (Gatto-D) Constitutional amendments: voter approval

Requires a measure that amends or revises the state constitution to receive 55% of the vote in order to be approved, unless the measure reverses a previously adopted constitutional amendment or revision, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)

ACA 7 (Mullin-D) Elections: voting age

Proposes to amend the California Constitution to allow a citizen who is 17-years-old and will be 18 at the time of the next general election to register and vote in that election and any intervening primary or special election.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

HR 37 (Wieckowski-D) McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

States the Assembly's disagreement with the United States Supreme Court's decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014) No. 12-536 (McCutcheon).
Adopted by the Assembly

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Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.