California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 2941 — Special absentee voters: voting by facsimile.

Last action — Approved by the Governor.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2004. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor.

  2. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 821, Statutes of 2004.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7607.)

  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 5105.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (August 12).

  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.

  10. In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.

  11. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  12. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  13. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.).

  14. Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting.

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.

  16. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6086.)

  17. Read second time. To third reading.

  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.

  20. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.

  21. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20).

  23. Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A.

  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended.

  25. Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A.

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Maddox · Cosponsor
  • Maze · Cosponsor
  • Strickland · Cosponsor
  • McPherson · Cosponsor
  • Oller · Cosponsor
  • Bates · Primary
  • Benoit · Cosponsor
  • Dutton · Cosponsor
  • Harman · Cosponsor
  • Blanca Pacheco · Cosponsor
  • La Malfa · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Bates

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (111)

111 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ab 2941 bates concurrence- urgency added

Passed 83 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 77002
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 83002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bermudez — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Canciamilla — Yea
Chan — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Leno — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Levine — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Keene — Yea
La — Yea
La — Yea
Suer — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Maze — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Montanez — Yea
Mountjoy — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Bates — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Richman — Yea
Runner — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Koretz — Not Voting
Pavley — Not Voting
Wyland — Yea
Yee — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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assembly 3rd reading ab2941 bates by ackerman

Passed 28 Yea · 5 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28406
Republican 0100
Total 28506
% of votes cast 72%13%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Cedillo — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Hollingsworth — Nay
Ackerman — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Denham — Yea
Battin — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Burton — Yea
Romero — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Murray — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Scott — Yea
Soto — Yea
Speier — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Brulte — Nay
McClintock — Nay
Oller — Nay
Machado — Not Voting
Margett — Not Voting
Perata — Not Voting
Poochigian — Not Voting
Sher — Not Voting
Ducheny — Yea
Vincent — Not Voting
Aanestad — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Florez — Yea
Johnson, Natasha Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 7 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7203
Republican 0100
Total 7303
% of votes cast 54%23%0%23%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Alpert — Yea
Battin — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Burton — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Machado — Nay
Speier — Nay
Escutia — Not Voting
Murray — Not Voting
Aanestad — Yea
Ashburn — Not Voting
Johnson, Natasha Republican Nay

Official roll call →

placed on appropriations suspense file.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Republican 1000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Alpert — Yea
Battin — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Burton — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Machado — Yea
Murray — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Speier — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Johnson, Natasha Republican Yea

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ab 2941 bates assembly third reading

Passed 81 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 75004
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 81004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Suer — Yea
Chu — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Canciamilla — Yea
Chan — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Keene — Yea
Koretz — Yea
La — Yea
Bates — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Yee — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Maze — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Montanez — Yea
Mountjoy — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Richman — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Bermudez — Not Voting
La — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
La Malfa — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

do pass as amended.

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21000
Democratic 1000
Total 22000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Chu — Yea
Berg — Yea
Leno — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Keene — Yea
Yee — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Corbett — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Bates — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Correa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 2941?
AB 2941 is sponsored by Maddox, Maze, Strickland, McPherson, Oller, Bates, Benoit, Dutton, Harman, Pacheco, Blanca (Democratic), and La Malfa.
What is the current status of AB 2941?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2004. Enacted.
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