Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
Elections
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.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SB 279 (Hancock-D) San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
Specifies procedures for conducting a multi-county election to approve a special tax measure proposed by the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.
Chapter 514, Statutes 2013
SB 311 (Padilla-D) Local elections: charters and charter proposals
Requires cities to submit city charter proposals to voters at an established statewide general election, and repeals cities' authority to submit charter proposals to voters at a statewide primary election or a regularly scheduled municipal election, except for charter proposals to amend a charter or call for the election of a charter commission that are proposed by voter petitions, as specified.
Chapter 184, Statutes of 2013
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, U.S. Senator, or Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Requires reimbursement for those elections held between 1/1/12 and 12/31/13.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 594 (Hill-D) Use of public resources
Prohibits nonprofit organizations and their employees from using funds received from local agencies in connection with conduit bond financing for campaign purposes.
Chapter 773, Statutes of 2013
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.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SB 712 (Lara-D) Write-in candidates
Requires that a write-in candidate for a voter-nominated office, in addition to being one of the top two vote-getters, receive votes at the direct 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 in order for his/her name to be placed on the general election ballot as a candidate for that office.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments 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.
(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.
(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.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SJR 6 (Yee-D) The Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2013
Proclaims the Legislature's support for the federal Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2013, and memorializes the Congress of the U.S. to promptly pass the Act and President Barack Obama to sign the Act.
Resolution Chapter 94, Statutes of 2013
AB 54 (Gorell-R) Ballot measure
Moves ACA 4 (Gatto-D, Chapter 174, Statutes of 2010) from the November 2014 statewide general election ballot to the June 2014 statewide primary election ballot.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
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 U.S. Postal Service or the Military Postal Service Agency on or before Election Day.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 331 (Garcia-D) Consolidation of elections
Requires voter challenges, election contests, and recounts to be conducted in accordance with state law for any election that is consolidated with a statewide election, a special election, or a regularly scheduled election held for the purposes of electing governing board members for school districts, community college districts, county boards of education, or special districts.
Chapter 98, Statutes of 2013
AB 354 (Dahle-R) Local ballot measures: impartial analysis
Requires the analysis of a local ballot measure that appears in the ballot pamphlet to include a statement indicating whether the measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the local governing body, as specified.
Chapter 265, Statutes of 2013
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.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 408 (Bonta-D) Municipal utility districts
Establishes appointment procedures for municipal utility districts with a seven-member board of directors if no candidate or only one candidate files for candidacy by 5 PM on or before the 83rd day prior to the election.
Chapter 108, Statutes of 2013
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 813 (Melendez-R) Election results
Requires the Secretary of State and county elections officials to post on their respective Internet Web sites and to maintain on these Web sites for at least 10 years, their certified statement of election results in a downloadable spreadsheet format, as specified, that is compatible with software widely in use at the time of posting.
Chapter 112, Statutes of 2013
AB 817 (Bonta-D) Elections officials
Authorizes county elections officials to appoint a person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is otherwise eligible to register to vote, except for his/her lack of U.S. citizenship, to serve as a precinct board member.
Chapter 162, Statutes of 2013
AB 829 (Fong-D) Election management systems
Requires vendors of "elections management systems," which track voter registration, to annually deposit a copy of the source code, as specified, for each system component into an approved escrow facility, and stipulates that the Secretary of State must have access to these materials under specified circumstances, and requires the Secretary to adopt regulations implementing these requirements.
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2013
AB 882 (Gordon-D) Recall: state officers: signature verification
Corrects an inconsistency in current election law regarding the process governing the verification of signatures on a recall petition.
(On Senate Inactive File)
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-R) is submitted to and approved by the voters.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
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.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1311 (Bradford-D) Recall elections
Establishes a process for filling a vacancy in an office that occurs after a recall petition has been filed against the vacating officer.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1316 (Harkey-R) Election ballots: identical candidate names
Requires the elections official, if two or more candidates with similar names file nomination papers for the same office, to assign each such candidate a number based on the order in which the candidates filed their nomination papers, and further requires that the first candidate be assigned the number "1", with each subsequent candidate with a similar name being assigned the next number in numerical sequence.
Chapter 106, Statutes of 2013
AB 1417 (Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee) Military and overseas voters
Conforms state law to federal law by requiring elections officials to send ballots and ballot materials to all military and overseas voters by the 45th day before the election if they have made a request for a ballot by that day, regardless of whether the 45th day before the election is a weekend or holiday.
Chapter 560, Statutes of 2013
AB 1419 (Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee) Presidential general elections: party qualifications
Establishes a process for a political body to qualify as a political party for the purposes of having that party's Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates appear on the presidential general election ballot.
Chapter 511, Statutes of 2013
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.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
Political Reform
SB 2 (Lieu-D) Political Reform Act of 1974
Makes numerous significant changes to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 3 (Yee-D) Committee treasurer: online training course
Requires a person who serves as a treasurer for one or more committees to complete an online training course designed and administered by the Fair Political Practices Commission not later than 20 business days after being designated as a treasurer. Provides for fines of up to $500 for a treasurer who fails to complete the training course. Provides that the Commission has no liability with respect to a violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 by a treasurer that completed the training or by a committee that has designated that person as its treasurer
Vetoed
SB 26 (Correa-D) Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers
Modifies the font and type specifications with respect to the slate mailer organization or committee identification requirement and revises the placement and font size and color specifications with respect to the prescribed notice to voters.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
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.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 52 (Leno-D) Campaign disclosures
Repeals existing advertisement disclosure requirements and imposes new disclosure requirements for radio, prerecorded telephonic messages, television or video, mass mailing or printed political advertisements.
(In Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)
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.
(Failed passage in Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 268 (Gaines-R) Campaign finance reports
Repeals the requirements to file specified campaign finance reports and, instead, requires that a candidate or committee who makes or receives a contribution of $100 or more to report that contribution to specified filing officers within 24-hours of receiving the contribution.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
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.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 409* (Quirk-Silva-D) Statements of economic interests
Permits the Fair Political Practices Commission to develop and operate its own online system for filing Statements of Economic Interests which must enable a filer to comply with all relevant requirements, as specified.
Chapter 643, Statutes of 2013
AB 510 (Ammiano-D) Advertisement disclosures
Requires a committee to comply with existing requirements with regard to an expenditure of any amount to an individual for his/her appearance in an advertisement to support or oppose the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot measure if the advertisement states or otherwise communicates that the individual is a practitioner or member of a profession having expertise or specialized knowledge relating to the subject of the measure.
(In Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)
AB 552 (Fong-D) Collection of fines
Permits the Fair Political Practices Commission to apply to the clerk of the court for a judgment to collect penalties imposed by a Commission enforcement order.
Chapter 645, Statutes of 2013
AB 800 (Gordon-D) Audits and investigations
Makes several changes relating to audits and investigations conducted under the Political Reform Act of 1974, and provides a 90 day timeframe before campaign funds become designated as "surplus" funds.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
AB 914 (Gordon-D) Campaign disclosures
Imposes new disclosure requirements under the Political Reform Act of 1974 for nonprofit corporations, provided they make in California contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures, as defined, in support of or opposition to a candidate, political party, or ballot measure, or any combination thereof in the aggregate totaling $50,000 or more during a calendar year of the nonprofit corporation.
(On Senate Inactive File)
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.
(In Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)
AB 1090 (Fong-D) Public officers: conflicts of interest: contracts
Authorizes the Fair Political Practices Commission to bring civil and administrative enforcement actions for violations of Government Code Section 1090, dealing with conflicts of interest in contracts, and requires the Commission to provide opinions and advice with respect to Section 1090.
Chapter 650, Statutes of 2013
AB 1418 (Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee) Public inspection and reproduction
Repeals a campaign statement requirement regarding public inspection and reproduction, and corrects an erroneous cross-reference in a provision of the Political Reform Act of 1974 that governs the civil service classification of staff positions at the Fair Political Practices Commission.
Chapter 654, Statutes of 2013
Voter Registration
SB 44 (Yee-D) State Internet Web sites: online voter registration
Requires each Internet Web site maintained by the state to include a hyperlink on the site's homepage to the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.
Chapter 277, Statutes of 2013
SB 113 (Jackson-D) Statewide voter registration database
Authorizes 15, 16 and 17 year olds to pre-register to vote and eliminates an existing requirement that authorizes 17 year olds to pre-register to vote only after implementation of a statewide voter registration database. Requires the local registrar of births and deaths to notify the county elections official of all deceased persons 15 years of age and over.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 361 (Padilla-D) Elections: voter registration
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 756 (Galgiani-D) Statewide voter database
Provides that the provisions of AB 1436 (Feuer-D, 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.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SCR 66 (Yee-D) Online Voter Registration Day
Declares 9/19/13, to be Online Voter Registration Day.
Resolution Chapter 120, Statutes of 2013
AB 131 (Williams-D) Voter registration: affidavits: rebuttable presumptions
Provides that a person's failure to identify his/her place of birth on an affidavit of registration must not preclude his/her affidavit from being deemed complete.
Chapter 93, Statutes of 2013
AB 530 (Quirk-Silva-D) Vote by mail ballots: telephone applications
Permits a local elections official to allow a voter to apply for a vote by mail ballot by telephone. Allows local election officials to offer voters the ability to apply for a vote by mail ballot by telephone subject to specified provisions.
Chapter 501, Statutes of 2013
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1170 (Donnelly-R) Voters: registration cancellation
Requires a county elections official to cancel the voter registration of a voter who fails to respond to an alternative residency confirmation address verification mailing in response to change of address data received, and who does not offer to vote or vote in any election between the date of the mailing and two federal general elections after the date of that mailing.
(In Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)
Miscellaneous
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 111 (Beall-D) Voter signature
Authorizes certain registered voters to use a signature stamp if the voter submits an affidavit of registration electronically utilizing a signature stamp that has been approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles and transmitted to the Secretary of State.
Chapter 151, Statutes of 2013
SB 112 (Monning-D) Voter information: public examination
Requires that any voter registration card information that is in existence 100 years after the creation of the record be available to the public. Provides that if the records are contained in the great registers of voters and the bound register contains information covering more than one year, the records shall not be available to the public until the entire contents of the register have been recorded for at least 100 years.
Chapter 118, Statutes of 2013
SB 213 (Galgiani-D) Election petitions: circulators
Repeals various requirements that an individual must be qualified to register to vote in order to circulate election petitions and nomination papers.
Chapter 278, Statutes of 2013
SB 240 (Yee-D) Polling places: higher education campuses
Requires county elections officials to establish at least one polling place on every campus of the California State University and the University of California, and consider establishing at least one polling place on each community college campus.
(In Senate Education Committee)
SB 360 (Padilla-D) Certification of voting systems
Makes significant changes to procedures and criteria for the certification and approval of a voting system and expands the use of Voting Modernization Fund monies.
Chapter 602, Statutes of 2013
SB 362 (Padilla-D) Voting procedures: natural disasters
Authorizes an out-of-state emergency worker, as defined, to cast a ballot outside of his/her precinct upon the declaration of an out-of-state emergency by the Governor and the issuance of an executive order, as specified.
Chapter 566, Statutes of 2013
SB 589 (Hill-D) Vote by mail ballots: sample ballots
Makes changes to vote by mail procedures and sample ballot mailings.
Chapter 280, Statutes of 2013
SB 594 (Hill-D) Use of public resources
Prohibits nonprofit organizations and their employees from using funds received from local agencies in connection with conduit bond financing for campaign purposes, as specified. Requires a nonprofit organization that receives significant amounts of money from local agencies in connection with conduit bond financing to maintain a separate bank account for campaign activities and to disclose the sources of the funds it receives for campaign activities, as specified.
Chapter 773, Statutes of 2013
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 654 (Leno-D) Ballot measure petitions: recall petitions: translations
Requires the Attorney General, if proponents intend to circulate a proposed state measure initiative, to translate the title and summary of the proposed initiative into each language in which the state or a county is required to provide voting materials. Requires the Secretary of State, if proponents intend to circulate a proposed recall petition, to translate the title and summary of the proposed recall petition into each language in which the state or a county is required to provide voting materials.
Vetoed
SCA 7 (Wolk-D) Local government financing: public libraries
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SCA 9 (Corbett-D) Economic development: special taxes
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SCA 11 (Hancock-D) Local government: special taxes
Lowers the vote threshold for local agencies imposing, extending, or increasing any special tax from 2/3 to 55% provided specified requirements are met.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SJR 14 (Yee-D) Voting Rights Act of 1965
Urges the Congress and the President of the U.S. to enact amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that restores Section 4 of the Act with a new coverage formula and updates the entire Act in order to address ongoing violations of voting rights in the states.
Resolution Chapter 133, Statutes of 2013
AB 19 (Ting-D) Internet Voting Pilot Program
Authorizes an Internet Voting Pilot Program, subject to specified requirements.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 149 (Weber-D) Voting rights: county probation departments
Requires county probation departments to either establish a hyperlink on its Internet Web site to the Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons, or to post a notice that contains the Secretary of State's Internet Web site address where the voting rights guide can be found.
Chapter 580, Statutes of 2013
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 214 (Skinner-D) Voting: state of emergency
Requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with county elections officials, to establish procedures and guidelines for voting in the event of a natural disaster or other state of emergency by 12/31/14.
Chapter 498, Statutes of 2013
AB 280 (Alejo-D) Voting rights
Establishes a state preclearance system applicable only to the counties of Kings, Monterey, and Yuba. States that under this system, if a county enacts or seeks to administer a voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or a standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting, that is different from that in force or effect on 6/25/13, the county elections official will be required to submit the qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure to the Attorney General for approval.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments 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.
(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.
(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.
(In Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)
AB 822 (Hall-D) Local government retirement plans
Requires an actuarial summary statement to be included in the sample ballot for any local ordinance or measure that alters the retirement benefit plan of employees of a local government entity.
Vetoed
AB 857 (Fong-D) Initiatives: petition circulators
Makes several changes to initiative signature gathering procedures relating to qualification requirements for the state ballot.
Vetoed
AB 877 (Bocanegra-D) Direct recording electronic voting systems
Revises the definition of "voter verified paper audit trail" to instead mean a component of a direct recording electronic voting system that prints a synchronous paper record facsimile of each electronic ballot and allows each voter to confirm his/her selections before the voter casts his/her ballot.
(In Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee)
AB 938 (Weber-D) Voting: felons
Requires the clerk of the superior court in each county, when furnishing the elections official with a list of persons who have been convicted of felonies - not including any person who was placed on probation pursuant to existing law - to also include the last four digits of the social security number of each person, if available, along with their name, address, and date of birth.
(In Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments 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.
(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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1135 (Mullin-D) Vote by mail ballots: signature verification
Revises and recasts current procedures for processing vote by mail ballots and provides that a county elections official is also permitted to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the signature appearing on a form issued by an elections official that contains the voter's signature, that is part of the voter's registration record, and that the elections official has determined meets specified criteria.
Chapter 271, Statutes of 2013
ACA 6 (Gatto-D) Initiatives: constitutional amendments
Requires an initiative measure that amends the State Constitution to receive 55% of votes cast in order to be approved, unless the measure repeals a previously adopted constitutional amendment.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
ACA 7 (Mullin-D) Elections: voting age
Proposes to amend the State 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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AJR 15 (Alejo-D) Voting Rights Act of 1965
Urges the Supreme Court of the U.S. to affirm, as it has done on several occasions since 1965, the clear constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which provides fundamental protections to the right of each citizen to vote and to have his/her vote counted.
Resolution Chapter 60, Statutes of 2013
Index (in Measure Order)
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Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
| Measure and Reference | Author | Measure Title |
|---|---|---|
| SB 2 - Political Reform | Lieu-D | Political Reform Act of 1974 |
| SB 3 - Political Reform | Yee-D | Committee treasurer: online training course |
| SB 26 - Political Reform | Correa-D | Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers |
| SB 27 - Political Reform | Correa-D | Multipurpose organization |
| SB 29 - Miscellaneous | Correa-D | Vote by mail ballots and election result statements |
| SB 44 - Voter Registration | Yee-D | State Internet Web sites: online voter registration |
| SB 52 - Political Reform | Leno-D | Campaign disclosures |
| SB 111 - Miscellaneous | Beall-D | Voter signature |
| SB 112 - Miscellaneous | Monning-D | Voter information: public examination |
| SB 113 - Voter Registration | Jackson-D | Statewide voter registration database |
| SB 121 - Political Reform | Evans-D | Corporations: political activities: shareholder disclosure |
| SB 148 - Elections | Anderson-R | Primary elections: voter-nominated offices |
| SB 213 - Miscellaneous | Galgiani-D | Election petitions: circulators |
| SB 240 - Miscellaneous | Yee-D | Polling places: higher education campuses |
| SB 268 - Political Reform | Gaines-R | Campaign finance reports |
| SB 279 - Elections | Hancock-D | San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority |
| SB 311 - Elections | Padilla-D | Local elections: charters and charter proposals |
| SB 360 - Miscellaneous | Padilla-D | Certification of voting systems |
| SB 361 - Voter Registration | Padilla-D | Elections: voter registration |
| SB 362 - Miscellaneous | Padilla-D | Voting procedures: natural disasters |
| SB 519* - Elections | Emmerson-R | Special elections |
| SB 589 - Miscellaneous | Hill-D | Vote by mail ballots: sample ballots |
| SB 594 - Elections | Hill-D | Use of public resources |
| SB 594 - Miscellaneous | Hill-D | Use of public resources |
| SB 637* - Miscellaneous | Yee-D | Early voting |
| SB 638 - Elections | Lara-D | Election crimes: misrepresentation by candidates |
| SB 654 - Miscellaneous | Leno-D | Ballot measure petitions: recall petitions: translations |
| SB 712 - Elections | Lara-D | Write-in candidates |
| SB 756 - Voter Registration | Galgiani-D | Statewide voter database |
| SCA 6 - Elections | DeSaulnier-D | Initiative measures: funding source |
| SCA 7 - Miscellaneous | Wolk-D | Local government financing: public libraries |
| SCA 9 - Miscellaneous | Corbett-D | Economic development: special taxes |
| SCA 11 - Miscellaneous | Hancock-D | Local government: special taxes |
| SCA 12 - Elections | Lara-D | Voter-nominated primary elections |
| SCA 14 - Elections | Anderson-R | Voter-nominated primary elections |
| SCR 66 - Voter Registration | Yee-D | Online Voter Registration Day |
| SJR 6 - Elections | Yee-D | The Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2013 |
| SJR 14 - Miscellaneous | Yee-D | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| AB 19 - Miscellaneous | Ting-D | Internet Voting Pilot Program |
| AB 45 - Political Reform | Dickinson-D | Multipurpose organization |
| AB 54 - Elections | Gorell-R | Ballot measure |
| AB 131 - Voter Registration | Williams-D | Voter registration: affidavits: rebuttable presumptions |
| AB 149 - Miscellaneous | Weber-D | Voting rights: county probation departments |
| AB 193 - Miscellaneous | Logue-R | Local ballot measures: arguments |
| AB 214 - Miscellaneous | Skinner-D | Voting: state of emergency |
| AB 269 - Elections | Grove-R | Vote by mail ballots: military or overseas voters |
| AB 280 - Miscellaneous | Alejo-D | Voting rights |
| AB 331 - Elections | Garcia-D | Consolidation of elections |
| AB 354 - Elections | Dahle-R | Local ballot measures: impartial analysis |
| AB 400 - Elections | Fong-D | Petitions: initiative, referendum, or recall |
| AB 408 - Elections | Bonta-D | Municipal utility districts |
| AB 409* - Political Reform | Quirk-Silva-D | Statements of economic interests |
| AB 450 - Elections | Jones-Sawyer-D | Community college trustee areas |
| AB 472 - Miscellaneous | Patterson-R | Vote by mail ballots: military or overseas voters |
| AB 510 - Political Reform | Ammiano-D | Advertisement disclosures |
| AB 530 - Voter Registration | Quirk-Silva-D | Vote by mail ballots: telephone applications |
| AB 552 - Political Reform | Fong-D | Collection of fines |
| AB 621 - Miscellaneous | Wagner-R | Local government: bonds |
| AB 644 - Miscellaneous | Wieckowski-D | Campaign finance: advisory election |
| AB 800 - Political Reform | Gordon-D | Audits and investigations |
| AB 813 - Elections | Melendez-R | Election results |
| AB 817 - Elections | Bonta-D | Elections officials |
| AB 822 - Miscellaneous | Hall-D | Local government retirement plans |
| AB 829 - Elections | Fong-D | Election management systems |
| AB 843 - Voter Registration | Logue-R | Voter registration: identification requirements |
| AB 857 - Miscellaneous | Fong-D | Initiatives: petition circulators |
| AB 877 - Miscellaneous | Bocanegra-D | Direct recording electronic voting systems |
| AB 882 - Elections | Gordon-D | Recall: state officers: signature verification |
| AB 914 - Political Reform | Gordon-D | Campaign disclosures |
| AB 938 - Miscellaneous | Weber-D | Voting: felons |
| AB 1033 - Miscellaneous | Donnelly-R | Corruption of voters |
| AB 1059 - Political Reform | Wieckowski-D | Public officers and employees: financial interests |
| AB 1075 - Elections | Olsen-R | Primary: voter-nominated offices |
| AB 1090 - Political Reform | Fong-D | Public officers: conflicts of interest: contracts |
| AB 1117 - Miscellaneous | Donnelly-R | Initiative petitions: electronic access |
| AB 1122 - Voter Registration | Levine-D | Voter registration: Department of Motor Vehicles |
| AB 1135 - Miscellaneous | Mullin-D | Vote by mail ballots: signature verification |
| AB 1157 - Elections | Jones-R | Voting procedures |
| AB 1170 - Voter Registration | Donnelly-R | Voters: registration cancellation |
| AB 1311 - Elections | Bradford-D | Recall elections |
| AB 1316 - Elections | Harkey-R | Election ballots: identical candidate names |
| AB 1417 - Elections | Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee | Military and overseas voters |
| AB 1418 - Political Reform | Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee | Public inspection and reproduction |
| AB 1419 - Elections | Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee | Presidential general elections: party qualifications |
| ACA 6 - Miscellaneous | Gatto-D | Initiatives: constitutional amendments |
| ACA 7 - Miscellaneous | Mullin-D | Elections: voting age |
| ACA 9 - Elections | Gorell-R | Voter-nominated primary elections |
| ACA 10 - Elections | Olsen-R | Voter-nominated primary elections |
| AJR 15 - Miscellaneous | Alejo-D | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
