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AB 2551 — Local ballot measures: bond issues.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 908, Statutes of 2014.
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2014. Enacted.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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5 sponsors
1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 6 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law requires all bond issues proposed by a county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision, or by any agency, department, or board thereof, to be submitted to the voters for approval. Existing law requires all official materials for the bond issue proposal to contain a statement of specified tax rate data. This bill would require the statement to include the best estimate from official sources of the total debt service that would be required to be repaid if all the bonds are issued and sold.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 09/30/14 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2014
- Enrolled 08/21/14 - Enrolled pdf August 21, 2014
- Amended 05/23/14 - Amended Senate pdf May 23, 2014
- Amended 03/28/14 - Amended Assembly pdf March 28, 2014
- Introduced 02/21/14 - Introduced pdf February 21, 2014
- AB2551 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 908, Statutes of 2014.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6189.).
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Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6181.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4550.).
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
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Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E. & C.A.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4967.)
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 6).
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Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Com. on E. & R.
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Read first time.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
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Introduced. To print.
Sponsors
- Olsen · Cosponsor
- Vidak · Cosponsor
- Wilk · Primary
- Beth Gaines · Cosponsor
- Beth Gaines · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Wilk
Co-sponsors (4)
- Olsen
- Vidak
- Beth Gaines
- Beth Gaines
Not signed on (117)
117 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 117 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 77 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Not Voting |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Not Voting |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Fox | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Not Voting |
| Hancock | — | Not Voting |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Not Voting |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments Recommend Consent.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Not Voting |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Fox | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 86% | 0% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Not Voting |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 2551 do?
- Existing law requires all bond issues proposed by a county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision, or by any agency, department, or board thereof, to be submitted to the voters for approval. Existing law requires all official materials for the bond issue proposal to contain a statement of specified tax rate data. This bill would require the statement to include the best estimate from official sources of the total debt service that would be required to be repaid if all the bonds are issued and sold.
- Who sponsors AB 2551?
- AB 2551 is sponsored by Olsen, Vidak, Wilk, and Beth Gaines.
- What is the current status of AB 2551?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2014. Enacted.
- Where can I track AB 2551?
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