California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

SB 1233 — Ballot measure petitions: translations.

Last action — In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

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

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Summary

Existing law requires the Attorney General, upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, to prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure. Existing law requires the Attorney General to provide a copy of the circulating title and summary of a proposed initiative measure to the proponents of the measure and the Secretary of State within 15 days, as specified. Existing law requires the Attorney General to provide a copy of the circulating title and summary of a proposed referendum measure to the proponents of the measure and the Secretary of State within 10 days after receipt of the proposed referendum. This bill would require the proponents of an initiative or referendum measure, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney General, to submit a list of specified counties in which the initiative or referendum petition will be circulated. Upon submission of the list, this bill would require the Attorney General to prepare a translation of the circulating title and summary of the proposed initiative or referendum measure in a language other than English under certain circumstances. If the Attorney General is required to prepare a translation, this bill would require the Attorney General to provide a copy of the circulating title and summary and its translation to the proponents and the Secretary of State within 25 days, as specified, for a proposed initiative measure and within 20 days after receipt of a proposed referendum measure. Existing law permits any person who is a voter or who is qualified to register to vote in the state to circulate an initiative or referendum petition for signature and imposes certain requirements on these circulators. If an initiative or referendum petition is circulated in a specified county, this bill would require a copy of the applicable translated circulating title and summary prepared by the Attorney General to be attached to the petition and available to each person whom the circulator solicits in that language to sign the petition. This bill would also require a circulator to provide a copy of the applicable translated circulating title and summary to any person upon request. Existing provisions of the California Constitution and statute authorize the recall of state officers. Existing law requires the proponents of the recall to file 2 blank copies of the petition to recall the officer with the Secretary of State, who is required to ascertain if the proposed form and wording of the petition meet specified requirements. This bill would require the proponents of a recall of a state officer, at the time of filing the 2 blank copies of the petition with the Secretary of State, to submit a list of specified counties in which the recall petition will be circulated. If the proponents submit this list of counties, this bill would require the Secretary of State, within 10 days after ascertaining that the proposed form and wording of the recall petition meet specified requirements, to prepare a translation of the petition in each applicable minority language of the counties identified by the proponents, and provide a copy of each translation to the proponents. Existing law requires a recall petition to use a specified format and contain certain information. Under existing law, any person who is a registered voter of the electoral jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled may circulate the recall petition for signatures. If a recall petition is circulated in a specified county, this bill would require a copy of the applicable translation of the petition prepared by the Secretary of State to be attached to the petition and available to each person whom the circulator solicits in that language to sign the petition. This bill would also require the circulator to provide a copy of the translation of the petition to any person upon request.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  2. Vetoed by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4684.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 6067.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16).

  9. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

  13. Referred to Com. on E. & R.

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2653.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3593.) (May 24).

  18. Set for hearing May 24.

  19. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  20. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Set for hearing May 14.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 3232.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Set for hearing April 19.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  26. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.

  28. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 6 voted No

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Not signed on (121)

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1233 Padilla Concurrence

Passed 24 Yea · 14 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221302
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 241402
% of votes cast 60%35%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Yee — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Harman — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Runner — Nay
Dutton — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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SB 1233 Padilla Senate Third Reading By FONG

Passed 51 Yea · 25 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 502304
Democratic 1000
Total 512504
% of votes cast 64%31%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Carter — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Ma — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Campos — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Hall — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Gorell — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Halderman — Nay
Conway — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Miller — Nay
Monning — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Not Voting
Norby — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Valadao — Not Voting
Wagner — Nay
Williams — Yea
Achadjian — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Silva — Nay
Chesbro — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11500
Democratic 1000
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Gatto — Yea
Hall — Yea
Campos — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Davis — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Norby — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 24 Yea · 14 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221302
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 241402
% of votes cast 60%35%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Evans — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Runner — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Dutton — Nay
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Harman — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Nay
Walters — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Price — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1233 do?
Existing law requires the Attorney General, upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, to prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure. Existing law requires the Attorney General to provide a copy of the circulating title and summary of a proposed initiative measure to the proponents of the measure and the Secretary of State within 15 days, as specified. Existing law requires the Attorney General to provide a copy of the circulating title and summary of a proposed referendum measure to the proponents of the measure and the Secretary of State within 10 days after receipt of the proposed referendum. This bill would require the proponents of an initiative or referendum measure, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney General, to submit a list of specified counties in which the initiative or referendum petition will be circulated. Upon submission of the list, this bill would require the Attorney General to prepare a translation of the circulating title and summary of the proposed initiative or referendum measure in a language other than English under certain circumstances. If the Attorney General is required to prepare a translation, this bill would require the Attorney General to provide a copy of the circulating title and summary and its translation to the proponents and the Secretary of State within 25 days, as specified, for a proposed initiative measure and within 20 days after receipt of a proposed referendum measure. Existing law permits any person who is a voter or who is qualified to register to vote in the state to circulate an initiative or referendum petition for signature and imposes certain requirements on these circulators. If an initiative or referendum petition is circulated in a specified county, this bill would require a copy of the applicable translated circulating title and summary prepared by the Attorney General to be attached to the petition and available to each person whom the circulator solicits in that language to sign the petition. This bill would also require a circulator to provide a copy of the applicable translated circulating title and summary to any person upon request. Existing provisions of the California Constitution and statute authorize the recall of state officers. Existing law requires the proponents of the recall to file 2 blank copies of the petition to recall the officer with the Secretary of State, who is required to ascertain if the proposed form and wording of the petition meet specified requirements. This bill would require the proponents of a recall of a state officer, at the time of filing the 2 blank copies of the petition with the Secretary of State, to submit a list of specified counties in which the recall petition will be circulated. If the proponents submit this list of counties, this bill would require the Secretary of State, within 10 days after ascertaining that the proposed form and wording of the recall petition meet specified requirements, to prepare a translation of the petition in each applicable minority language of the counties identified by the proponents, and provide a copy of each translation to the proponents. Existing law requires a recall petition to use a specified format and contain certain information. Under existing law, any person who is a registered voter of the electoral jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled may circulate the recall petition for signatures. If a recall petition is circulated in a specified county, this bill would require a copy of the applicable translation of the petition prepared by the Secretary of State to be attached to the petition and available to each person whom the circulator solicits in that language to sign the petition. This bill would also require the circulator to provide a copy of the translation of the petition to any person upon request.
Who sponsors SB 1233?
SB 1233 is sponsored by Padilla, Stephen C. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1233?
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1233?
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