California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 362 — Elections: specified local offices: write-in candidate.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2011.

  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 14, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · 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.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law prohibits an elections official, in any county in which only the incumbent has filed nomination papers for the office of superior court judge, to place the incumbent's name on the ballot unless, within 10 days after the final date for filing nomination papers for the office, a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted for the office and signed by 100 registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office is filed with the elections official. This bill would revise the signature requirement for that petition to 0.1% of the registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office, provided that the petition contains at least 100 signatures but need not contain more than 600 signatures. (2) Existing law requires every person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have his or her name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a particular office to file a statement of write-in candidacy that contains specified information. This bill would require that a statement of write-in candidacy for any of several specified local offices also include a statement that the candidate meets statutory and constitutional requirements for that office as described in a specified statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 2380.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1847.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8).

  9. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

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

  11. Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 904.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 29).

  16. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

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

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

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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 362 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 50 Yea · 26 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 492404
Democratic 1000
Total 502604
% of votes cast 63%33%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Butler — Yea
Campos — Yea
Carter — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Fong — Yea
Allen — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Fletcher — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Mitchell — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Hill — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Conway — Nay
Lara — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Williams — Yea
Achadjian — Nay
Blumenfield — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Miller — Nay
Perea — Yea
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB362 Bonnie Lowenthal By Lieu

Passed 29 Yea · 8 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27703
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 29803
% of votes cast 73%20%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Not Voting
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Harman — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Leno — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wyland — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 5000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (5)
Member Party Vote
De León — Yea
Correa — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
La Malfa — Yea

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AB 362 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading

Passed 53 Yea · 21 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 511904
Democratic 2001
Total 532105
% of votes cast 67%27%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Campos — Yea
Carter — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Nay
Conway — Nay
Lara — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Pan — Yea
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Fletcher — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Logue — Not Voting
Mansoor — Nay
Monning — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4101
Democratic 1000
Total 5101
% of votes cast 71%14%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bonilla — Yea
Hall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Logue — Nay
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 362 do?
(1) Existing law prohibits an elections official, in any county in which only the incumbent has filed nomination papers for the office of superior court judge, to place the incumbent's name on the ballot unless, within 10 days after the final date for filing nomination papers for the office, a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted for the office and signed by 100 registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office is filed with the elections official. This bill would revise the signature requirement for that petition to 0.1% of the registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office, provided that the petition contains at least 100 signatures but need not contain more than 600 signatures. (2) Existing law requires every person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have his or her name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a particular office to file a statement of write-in candidacy that contains specified information. This bill would require that a statement of write-in candidacy for any of several specified local offices also include a statement that the candidate meets statutory and constitutional requirements for that office as described in a specified statute.
Who sponsors AB 362?
AB 362 is sponsored by Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 362?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2011. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 362?
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