Political Reform
SB 50* (Johnson-R) Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign statements
Requires all candidates for state and local elective office being voted upon at the March primary election, their controlled committees, committees primarily formed to support or oppose those candidates and committees involved in election campaigns such as general purpose committees, ballot measure committees, and state mailer organizations to (1) file an additional campaign statement on October 10, 1999, and (2) file their semi-annual statements on January 10, 2000 instead of January 31, 2000.
Chapter 158, Statutes of 1999
SB 104* (Brulte-R) Postgovernment employment
Adds an exemption to existing law to allow ex-legislators, who are later elected to local office, to represent their local agencies before the State Legislature, as specified.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 1999
SB 342 (McPherson-R) Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act
Extends the sunset date of the law establishing the Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act from June 30, 2000 to January 1, 2001, and changes the membership parameter of the commission by specifying that no more than three "political attorneys" can be appointed by elected officials.
Chapter 365, Statutes of 1999
SB 492 (McPherson-R) Conflicts of interest: reporting
Conforms the treatment of gifts under the Political Reform Act of 1974 to that of income. Requires public officials who are required to file campaign and lobbying disclosure statements to make them available to the State Fair Political Practices Commission and the State Franchise Tax Board for purposes of investigation and audits. Prohibits the receipt of a contribution of $100 or more not in the form of a written instrument with specified identifying information.
(In Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee)
SB 658* (Karnette-D) Political Reform Act: electronic filing
Makes necessary changes to the Online Disclaimer Act of 1997 which required the Secretary of State to develop an online filing process for purposes of filing statements and reports with the Secretary of State pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974, to conform with the date change of the state primary election. Requires the Secretary of State to develop an electronic filing process for the filing of documents. Clarifies that the information be disclosed on the Internet. Makes technical changes to SB 50 (Johnson-R)
Chapter 433, Statutes of 1999
SB 762* (Sher-D) Preelection statements: late independent expenditures
Requires general purpose committees to file preelection statements for the March, 2000, statewide primary. Requires disclosure of additional information by committees in late independent expenditure reports.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor; motion to reconsider pending)
SB 813 (Murray-D) State Fair Political Practices Commission: decisions
Requires that whenever the State Fair Political Practices Commission rejects the decision of an administrative law judge, it states the reasons in writing for rejecting the decision.
Chapter 297, Statutes of 1999
SB 953 (Murray-D) Political Reform Act: contributions
Corrects a grammatical error in the definition of "contribution" as it appears in the Political Reform Act.
(In Assembly; held at desk)
SB 1024 (Johnson-R) Political Reform Act: online disclosure
Requires the Secretary of State to disclose online an index of political committee identification numbers of every person, entity, or committee obligated to disclose campaign contributions.
Chapter 208, Statutes of 1999
SB 1025 (Johnson-R) Political Reform Act
Requires the Secretary of State to maintain an online version of the lobbyist director on the internet to be updated weekly. Requires the State Fair Political Practices Commission to publish annually a booklet containing the provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974.
Chapter 855, Statutes of 1999
SB 1169 (Bowen-D) Campaign financing
Deletes the prohibitions on the expenditure of public funds to finance election campaigns in the Political Reform Act of 1974, and enacts the Campaign Financing Reform Act of 2000, which imposes various limitations on contributions that may be made to candidates for legislative office at regularly scheduled primary and general elections and special primary and general elections. Imposes expenditure limitations on candidates for legislative office at regular elections. Establishes a Legislative Election Fund. Eligible nominees, as defined, for legislative office would be allowed to obtain public funds from that fund for qualified campaign expenditures, provided certain thresholds were attained. Imposes limitations on independent expenditures under certain conditions.
Allows taxpayers to delegate on their personal income tax returns filed for the 1999 taxable year and thereafter that up to $5, or up to $10 in the case of married individuals filing a joint return, shall be transferred to the Legislative Election Fund to be distributed among the eligible nominees, as defined.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 1223 (Burton-D) Slate mailers
States legislative intent to require a specified notice to be printed on any slate mailer that recommends a support or oppose position that is different from that of the political party the slate mailer appears to represent.
(In Conference)
AB 69 (Cunneen-R) Political Reform Act: state measures
Requires disclosures of major contributors in advertisements for, against, or related to a statewide ballot measure. Imposes civil liability up to three times the cost of the advertisement for any violation.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 307 (Davis-D) Political Reform Act: advertisement disclosure
Repeals provisions of Proposition 208 of 1996 governing disclosures in advertisements for or against ballot measures or candidates, and adds similar provisions governing the disclosures in advertisements for or against state ballot measures.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
Similar legislation is AB 1377 (Gallegos-D) which is in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee.
AB 337 (Baldwin-R) Judicial campaign statement
Revises the additional filing of campaign statements requirement of the Political Reform Act for superior court judges, candidates for superior court judge, and their committees by requiring them to file the original and one copy with the county clerk.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 746 (Papan-D) Political Reform Act
States the intent of the Legislature to implement the recommendations of the Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act of 1994.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 974 (Papan-D) Political Reform Act: monetary limits
Amends the Political Reform Act by increasing the monetary thresholds which trigger the requirement for candidates to file various campaign statements and financial disclosure reports, and the requirement for certain campaign committees to be audited. Decreases the percentage chance the lobbying firms be audited by the State Franchise Tax Board, from 25% to 15%.
(In Senate, held at Desk)
AB 1182 (Frusetta-R) Political Reform Act
Reenacts the provisions of the Political Reform Act, as amended by Proposition 73 of 1988, relating to campaign bank accounts, and intercandidate transfer prohibitions, and contribution limitations applicable to special and special runoff elections.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 1183 (Frusetta-R) Political Reform Act: late filing penalties
Permits assessments of additional penalties for the filing of an original late contribution report, late independent expenditure report, or late slate mailer payment report.
(Failed passage in Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1200 (Thompson-R) Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers
Prohibits the sending of a slate mailer without receiving written permission from each candidate listed in the mailer and provides that a violation of this provision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, a fine not exceeding $2,500, or by both imprisonment and fine.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 1274* (Frusetta-R) Political Reform Act: civil action
Extends the time period for the civil prosecutor to respond to a request, and to bring a civil action, for violation of certain provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974.
Chapter 577, Statutes of 1999
AB 1414* (Papan-D) Fair Political Practices Commission: administration
Prohibits the State Fair Political Practices Commission from taking any action to implement the Political Reform Act of 1974 that would abridge freedom of speech or deny due process of law or the equal protection of the laws.
Chapter 225, Statutes of 1999
AB 1629 (Villaraigosa-D) Campaign finance
Repeals the Political Reform Act of 1974 provision which prohibits public offices from expending and candidates from expending any public moneys for purposes of seeking elective office.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
Elections
SB 49* (Johnson-R) Elections: regular election dates
Reestablishes the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of odd-numbered years as an established election date.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 1999
SB 86 (Murray-D) Voter registration
Provides for expanded voter registration efforts by public schools, state colleges, universities, and state and local agencies Requires state and local agencies to make voter registration cards available, and permits inclusion of registration card information in official mailings. Expands the availability of permanent absent voter status. Requires each county to design and implement an outreach plan intended to identify qualified electors who are not registered and attempts to register those persons.
Vetoed by the Governor
Similar legislation is SB 1278 (Murray-D) which is in Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee.
SB 100* (Burton-D) Presidential primaries: delegate returns
Revises procedures for tabulating and reporting ballots cast at presidential primary elections. Requires ballots to be tabulated in two ways: (1) by the number of votes each presidential candidate receives and the number of votes each candidate receives from voters within each of the political parties; and (2) from voters who are not members of any party. Allows for challenging the validity of the bill in the supreme court.
Chapter 18, Statutes of 1999
Similar legislation is SB 28 (Peace-D) which is in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 350* (Murray-D) Presidential primary delegates: Orange County
Makes change to the filing deadlines to become a delegate to the 2000 National Democratic Convention to conform with the March 7, 2000 Primary Election. Provides that members of the Orange County Central Committee are to assume office and hold an organizational meeting on the first Monday in December of each even-numbered year.
Chapter 791, Statutes of 1999
SB 365 (Lewis-R) Nomination documents
Revises procedures for submission and counting of signatures on nomination papers and on petitions in lieu of filing fees.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SB 380* (Haynes-R) California Republican Party
Requires the selection of delegates to the Republican National Convention be done according to the rules of the California Republican Party. Requires Republican County Central Committee (except Orange County) members from Assembly districts be elected to four-year terms, instead of two-year terms.
Note: The California Republican Party on June 19, 1999, changed their delegate selection rules basically replacing the winner-take-all system with a congressional winner-take-all system.
Chapter 159, Statutes of 1999
Similar bill is SB 1315* (Haynes-R) which was dropped by the author.
SB 384 (Alpert-D) Ballot measures: withdrawal
Makes various changes in qualifying and withdrawing initiatives from the ballot. Requires one of the proponents of an initiative or referendum measure to designate themselves as the lead proponent.
(In Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee)
SB 414 (Knight-R) Voting procedures: voter identification
Requires anyone desiring to vote at a polling place to present proof of identity. Any voter who is unable or unwilling to present proof of his or her identity would be entitled to vote a provisional ballot.
(Failed passage in Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee; reconsideration granted)
Similar legislation is AB 120 (Ackerman-R) which is in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee; and AB 1045 (House-R) which failed passage in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee and was granted reconsideration.
SB 415 (Knight-R) Voter registration
Requires the county elections office to reject the affidavit of registration if it does not indicate that a person is a United States citizen, and to inform the person of that rejection. Makes it a crime for a person to willfully register or cause another person to register as a voter knowing that he or she is not entitled to registration.
(Failed passage in Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 608* (Johnson-R) Elections: numbering of ballot measures
Omits the number "13" from the statewide ballot numbering sequence, thereby ensuring that no future statewide ballots will be referred to as Proposition 13.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor; reconsideration granted; placed on Senate Inactive File)
Similar legislation is AB 826 (Aanestad-R) which is in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee.
SB 907 (Murray-D) Voter information: confidentiality
Allows a person to have information relating to his or her address and telephone number, which appears on voter documents, be declared confidential if the Secretary of State certifies that the person or the spouse or children living with the person is subject to a threat of violence, is a victim of domestic violence, or is a subject of stalking.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 917 (Murray-D) Ballot measures
Provides that the payment of outstanding trust debts or pro rata repayment of contributions from funds remaining in the trust after the passage or failure of the initiative, referendum, or recall, are within the due and lawful execution of the trust. Any expenses for promoting or defeating an initiative, referendum, or recall petitions, or any measure that has qualified for the ballot, are not within the due and lawful execution of the trust if the expenses are made, directly or indirectly, from funds which were solicited or received for the purpose of promoting or defeating another ballot measure.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment, and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SB 1002 (Murray-D) Same day registering and voting
Provides that any qualified person may, upon presenting proof of identity and residency, register and vote on election day during normal polling place hours.
(Failed passage in Senate Appropriations Committee; Joint Rule 62(a) suspended)
Similar legislation is AB 1094 (Hertzberg) which is in Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 1135 (Murray-D) Mail ballot elections
Allows any local, special, or consolidated election to be conducted wholly by mail. Precludes a special election to fill the vacancy of a statewide, congressional, state senate or assembly office from the bill's provisions. Requires county election officials conducting mail ballot elections to report to the Legislature, Governor and Secretary of State on issues involved in conducting the election and implementation of the bill.
Vetoed by the Governor
Similar legislation is SB 682 (McPherson) which provides for mail ballot elections in Monterey County and is in Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee.
SB 1208 (Senate Elections And Reapportionment Committee) Elections: procedures
Comprises an omnibus election bill which, among other provisions, clarifies that a student serving as a precinct board member for an election constitutes an excused absence from school for the student, repeals the January 1, 1999, sunset date which requires the Legislative Analyst to prepare a concise summary of the general meaning and effect of "yes" or "no" vote on each state ballot measure, allows counties to prepare a combined sample ballot rather than a sample ballot for each political party, makes changes in filling a vacancy in a special district governing board, and makes changes in various sections of the law to conform with the March 7, 2000, primary.
Chapter 312, Statutes of 1999
SB 1219 (Schiff-D) Election petitions
Requires an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to contain a notice stating whether the individual circulating the petition for signatures is a volunteer or paid to collect signatures. Prohibits a committee from sponsoring the circulation of any petition for signatures unless the committee is identified by name and address on the petition.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 1220 (Schiff-D) Elections: initiative and referendum circulators
Requires initiative and referendum petition circulators to be eligible to register to vote within the jurisdiction to which the initiative or referendum measure would apply and repeals provisions of Proposition 208 and reenacts similar provisions relating to campaign advertisements on ballot measures.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 1225 (Johnson-R) Voter registration penalties
Makes it a misdemeanor for a person to submit more than two false affidavits of registration to election officials. Makes any organization employing any person who violates the prohibitions of the bill subject to a fine of $100 for each false affidavit.
(In Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee)
AB 22* (Longville-D) Elections: regular election dates
Makes a technical change to SB 49 (Johnson-R), Chapter 2, Statutes of 1999, in order to make sure that the June election in odd-numbered years is still an option.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 1999
AB 164 (Romero-D) Voter registration: university and college campuses
Enacts the Student Voter Registration Act of 1999. Requests the University of California regents, and requires the California State University trustees and the board of governors of each community college district to direct campus officials to distribute a voter registration form to each newly-admitted student, and requires campus officials to make voter registration materials available at central campus locations.
Vetoed by the Governor
Similar legislation is AB 1273 (Frusetta-R) which is in the Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee.
AB 172 (Firebaugh-D) School district elections
Requires the election of the members of certain school district governing boards from single member trustee districts over 5,000 ADA to be elected by trustee area, rather than at-large.
(In Senate Education Committee)
AB 186 (Hertzberg-D) Local elections: redistricting process
Requires county boards of supervisors and councils of general law and charter cities, when redistricting, to (1) conform to the boundaries of existing cities and communities of interest, to the extent possible, and (2) hold at least one public hearing prior to adjusting the district boundaries.
Chapter 429, Statutes of 1999
AB 228 (Migden-D) Election ballots and voter pamphlets
Authorizes an absent voter to designate any person residing in the same household, primary caregiver, coworker or friend to return their absent voter ballot. The identification envelope is to include information about the person authorized to return it. Provides that an absent voter's ballot shall not be returned by a paid or volunteer worker of a campaign or controlled committee. Requires election officials to make available a type-set proof of the candidate's name and occupational designation for two days for purposes of review by the candidate.
Vetoed by the Governor
Similar legislation is AB 1426 (Shelley-D) which is on the Senate Inactive File.
AB 439 (Pescetti-R) Initiative petitions: costs to counties
Requires the State to reimburse counties the cost of verifying signatures on statewide initiative petitions at a rate of $.50 per signature. Reimbursement does not apply to the first 10 initiatives submitted between January 1 of an odd-numbered year and December 31 of the following even-numbered year.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 547 (Longville-D) Elections: nomination papers: costs
Repeals provisions allowing the appointment of circulators of nomination papers and makes conforming changes to the language on the affidavit of circulation. Extends the sunset date for state reimbursements to counties for costs of conducting special elections to fill legislative and congressional vacancies to January 1, 2005.
Chapter 790, Statutes of 1999
AB 587 (Brewer-R) Elections: precincts
Excludes permanent absentee voters from the maximum count of voters allowed in each new election precinct.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 669 (Vincent-D) Satellite voting locations
Allows election officials to use electronic voting devices in satellite voting locations and clarifies that if these devices are used the ballots need not be enclosed in absentee ballot identification envelopes.
Chapter 368, Statutes of 1999
AB 709 (Cardenas-D) Elections: polling place hours
Requires polls to be kept open until 9 p.m. on election day, instead of the current closing time of 8 p.m.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 843 (Papan-D) Members of the Legislature
Prohibits election officials from failing or refusing to perform official acts solely on the basis that a candidate for State Assembly or State Senate lacks constituent qualifications for the office.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor; reconsideration granted; on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 917 (Hertzberg-D) Special elections
Creates a pilot project, until January 1, 2005, that requires a special primary and a special run-off election to fill a legislative or congressional vacancy, to be held on Saturday and Sunday, or on a Tuesday.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 929 (Brewer-R) Payment for voting
Prohibits a person, in exchange for payment, directly or indirectly to agree to vote or refrain from voting, or to induce another to vote or refrain from voting, without regard to any particular candidate or measure. Prohibits a person or a controlled committee directly or indirectly from paying or offering to pay to induce a voter to vote or refrain from voting, without regard to a particular candidate or measure, or to stay away from the polls at an election.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1099 (Shelley-D) Elections: SCA 11
Requires the Secretary of State to designate SCA 11 (Burton-D) relating to gaming, to appear as Proposition 1A on the ballot that is submitted to the voters at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election.
Chapter 843, Statutes of 1999
AB 1181 (Frusetta-R) Initiative measures: constitutionality
Provides that the appellate department of the supreme court is to have original jurisdiction in an action or proceeding in which the constitutionality of an initiative measure approved by the voters is at issue.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1212 (Thomson-D) County boards of education: members
Makes an employee of a school district eligible to be a member of a county board of education and makes any member of the staff of a county superintendent of schools, any employee of a county or city and county unified school district in that county or city and county, or a superintendent of a school district in the same county ineligible. Requires a county board of education member who is an employee of a school district within the same county to annually disclose his or her employment status on his or her annual statement of economic interests.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1271 (Frusetta-R) Voter registration fraud
Requires the Secretary of state to conduct a feasibility study to determine the best method of creating unique identifiers for voter registration purposes in order to reduce voter fraud. Appropriates $600,000.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1272 (McClintock-R) Ballot measures: LAFCO proceedings
States legislative intent to review the allocation of costs in proceedings involving the qualification of an initiative, referendum, or recall measure under the Cortese-Knox Local Government Reorganization Act of 1985.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1328 (Cardenas-D) Community colleges: board of trustees
Requires the election of the governing board of the Los Angeles Community College District to change from at-large elections to elections as single-member trustee areas.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1362 (Vincent-D) Precincts: absentee ballots
Requires election officials to provide each qualified applicant for an absentee ballot with a return envelope with prepaid postage. Provides for two high school student appointments to precinct boards and deletes authorization for paying compensation to members of precinct boards other than the inspector.
(In the Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
AB 1426 (Shelley-D) Absent voter ballots
Authorizes absent voters to designate any person as the voter's authorized representative to return the ballot to the elections official with the exception of paid or volunteer workers of specified committees or organizations.
(On Senate Inactive File)
Similar legislation was AB 228 (Migden-D) which was vetoed.
AB 1466 (Florez-D) Provisional ballots
Makes it a misdemeanor for any precinct board to refuse to give a provisional ballot to a voter.
(In Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee)
AB 1530 (Longville-D) Elections: precinct vote results
Requires certain election results of votes cast by absentee ballot and at the polls be tabulated by precinct and the election results be provided to the Legislature for use in legislative redistricting. Sunsets January 1, 2001.
Chapter 697, Statutes of 1999
AB 1591 (Villaraigosa-D) Voting procedures
Prohibits a voter's registration from being canceled or otherwise removed from the official list of reigstered voters because of failure to vote in an election. Makes other revisions in the law covering registering to vote procedures.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
ACA 10 (Vincent-D) Secretary of State
Makes the Office of Secretary of State a nonpartisan office.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
ACA 13 (Frusetta-R) Campaign expenditures: political speech
Provides that a campaign expenditure in an election regarding a public office or a ballot measure is a form of political speech protected by the California Constitution.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
ACA 14 (Washington-D) Elections: disqualification of electors
Deletes the requirement that the Legislature provide for the disqualification of electors while on parole for the conviction of a felony.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACA 18 (Papan-D) Legislative term limits
Requires a periodic election in each Senate and Assembly district to determine whether legislative term limits shall apply in that district for the succeeding two Senate terms or three Assembly terms.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
ACA 19 (Longville-D) Elections: votes
Provides that the weight and effect of the vote of each voter in an election is equal to the weight and effect of the vote of every other voter. Prohibits the right of a person to vote in an election from being conditional upon the ownership of real or personal property, wealth, or income.
(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
At the time of this writing, the following are the propositions which will appear on the March 7, 2000, Primary Ballot:
- Safe Neighborhood, Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 which provides for $2.1 billion in G.O. bonds – AB 18 of 1999 with revisions made by SB 1147.
- Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection and Flood Protection Act which provides for $1.97 billion in G.O. bonds – AB 1584 of 1999.
- California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 which provides for $350 million in G.O. bonds – SB 3 of 1999.
- Hertzberg-Polanco Crime Laboratories Construction Bond Act of 1999 which provides $220 million in G.O. bonds – AB 1391 of 1999.
- Veterans' Home Bond Act of 2000 which provides $50 million in G.O. bonds – SB 630 of 1999.
- Permits the Legislature to allow private nonprofit organizations to conduct charitable raffles – SCA 4 of 1999.
- Allows the Governor to enter into compacts with Indian tribes to allow certain forms of gambling on Indian lands in California, subject to ratification by the Legislature – SCA 11 of 1999.
- Correct problems with the law of special circumstances in capital murder cases that are the result of court decisions – SB 1878 of 1998.
- Allocates 50 percent of the increase in public education's share of State Lottery revenues for the purchase of instructional materials – AB 1453 of 1998.
- Adds California State University and BART police provisions of law providing for enhanced penalties for the second degree murder of a police officer – SB 1690 of 1998.
- Juvenile Crime Initiative which increases punishment for gang-related felonies and provides death penalty for gang-related murder and requires registration of gang members committing felonies.
- Definition of Marriage Initiative provides that any marriage between a man and a woman is valid in California.
- Referendum to overturn previously approved gaming compacts (Chapter 409, Statutes of 1999).
- "None of the Above" Ballot Option Initiative allows voters to vote for none of the above rather than a named candidate, but would not affect the outcome of an election.
- Local Majority Vote for School Facilities Bond Initiative.
- Public Financing of Elections Initiative
- Reduces legislators' compensation and provides for the California Supreme Court to reapportion legislative and State Board of Equalization boundaries, subject to voters' approval.
- Repeals additional tobacco surtax enacted by Proposition 10, Initiative Statute.
- Non-binding declaration of intention for candidates for Congress to serve no more than three terms in the House of Representatives or two terms in the U.S. Senate, or to declare their choice not to so limit their terms.
Index (in Bill Order)
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
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SB 49* |
Johnson-R Elections: regular election dates |
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SB 50* |
Johnson-R Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign statements |
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SB 86 |
Murray-D Voter registration |
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SB 100* |
Burton-D Presidential primaries: delegate returns |
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SB 104* |
Brulte-R Postgovernment employment |
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SB 342 |
McPherson-R Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act |
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SB 350* |
Murray-D Presidential primary delegates: Orange County |
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SB 365 |
Lewis-R Nomination documents |
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SB 380* |
Haynes-R California Republican Party |
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SB 384 |
Alpert-D Ballot measures: withdrawal |
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SB 414 |
Knight-R Voting procedures: voter identification |
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SB 415 |
Knight-R Voter registration |
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SB 492 |
McPherson-R Conflicts of interest: reporting |
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SB 608* |
Johnson-R Elections: numbering of ballot measures |
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SB 658* |
Karnette-D Political Reform Act: electronic filing |
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SB 762* |
Sher-D Preelection statements: late independent expenditures |
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SB 813 |
Murray-D State Fair Political Practices Commission: decisions |
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SB 907 |
Murray-D Voter information: confidentiality |
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SB 917 |
Murray-D Ballot measures |
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SB 953 |
Murray-D Political Reform Act: contributions |
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SB 1002 |
Murray-D Same day registering and voting |
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SB 1024 |
Johnson-R Political Reform Act: online disclosure |
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SB 1025 |
Johnson-R Political Reform Act |
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SB 1135 |
Murray-D Mail ballot elections |
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SB 1169 |
Bowen-D Campaign financing |
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SB 1208 |
Senate Elections And Reapportionment Committee Elections: procedures |
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SB 1219 |
Schiff-D Election petitions |
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SB 1220 |
Schiff-D Elections: initiative and referendum circulators |
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SB 1223 |
Burton-D Slate mailers |
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SB 1225 |
Johnson-R Voter registration penalties |
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AB 22* |
Longville-D Elections: regular election dates |
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AB 69 |
Cunneen-R Political Reform Act: state measures |
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AB 164 |
Romero-D Voter registration: university and college campuses |
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AB 172 |
Firebaugh-D School district elections |
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AB 186 |
Hertzberg-D Local elections: redistricting process |
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AB 228 |
Migden-D Election ballots and voter pamphlets |
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AB 307 |
Davis-D Political Reform Act: advertisement disclosure |
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AB 337 |
Baldwin-R Judicial campaign statement |
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AB 439 |
Pescetti-R Initiative petitions: costs to counties |
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AB 547 |
Longville-D Elections: nomination papers: costs |
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AB 587 |
Brewer-R Elections: precincts |
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AB 669 |
Vincent-D Satellite voting locations |
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AB 709 |
Cardenas-D Elections: polling place hours |
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AB 746 |
Papan-D Political Reform Act |
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AB 843 |
Papan-D Members of the Legislature |
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AB 917 |
Hertzberg-D Special elections |
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AB 929 |
Brewer-R Payment for voting |
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AB 974 |
Papan-D Political Reform Act: monetary limits |
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AB 1099 |
Shelley-D Elections: SCA 11 |
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AB 1181 |
Frusetta-R Initiative measures: constitutionality |
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AB 1182 |
Frusetta-R Political Reform Act |
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AB 1183 |
Frusetta-R Political Reform Act: late filing penalties |
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AB 1200 |
Thompson-R Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers |
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AB 1212 |
Thomson-D County boards of education: members |
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AB 1271 |
Frusetta-R Voter registration fraud |
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AB 1272 |
McClintock-R Ballot measures: LAFCO proceedings |
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AB 1274* |
Frusetta-R Political Reform Act: civil action |
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AB 1328 |
Cardenas-D Community colleges: board of trustees |
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AB 1362 |
Vincent-D Precincts: absentee ballots |
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AB 1414* |
Papan-D Fair Political Practices Commission: administration |
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AB 1426 |
Shelley-D Absent voter ballots |
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AB 1466 |
Florez-D Provisional ballots |
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AB 1530 |
Longville-D Elections: precinct vote results |
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AB 1591 |
Villaraigosa-D Voting procedures |
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AB 1629 |
Villaraigosa-D Campaign finance |
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ACA 10 |
Vincent-D Secretary of State |
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ACA 13 |
Frusetta-R Campaign expenditures: political speech |
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ACA 14 |
Washington-D Elections: disqualification of electors |
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ACA 18 |
Papan-D Legislative term limits |
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ACA 19 |
Longville-D Elections: votes |
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