California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 214 — Voting: state of emergency.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2013.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2013. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law designates the Secretary of State as the chief elections officer of the state and requires him or her to study and adopt regulations governing the use of voting machines, voting devices, vote tabulating devices, and ballot marking systems. This bill would require the Secretary of State, by December 31, 2014, to establish, in consultation with county elections officials, procedures and guidelines for voting in the event of a natural disaster or other state of emergency. The bill would require the Secretary of State to publish those procedures and guidelines on his or her Internet Web site. The bill would also require the Secretary of State to report to the Legislature, by December 31, 2014, on the readiness of the state to hold elections during or following a natural disaster or other state of emergency, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 3092.).

  5. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)

  6. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 2246.).

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30).

  11. In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. 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.

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

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 919.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 10).

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Read second time and amended.

  21. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 19).

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

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

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

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Ammiano · Cosponsor
  • Bloom · Cosponsor
  • Brown · Cosponsor
  • Corbett · Cosponsor
  • Skinner · Primary
  • Ting · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Skinner

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

115 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 214 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 66 Yea · 9 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 62702
Democratic 4000
Republican 0201
Total 66903
% of votes cast 85%12%0%4%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Daly — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fox — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Levine — Yea
Logue — Nay
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Passed 34 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32301
Democratic 2001
Total 34302
% of votes cast 87%8%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Emmerson — Yea
Wright — Yea
De León — Yea
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Hill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Knight — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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AB 214 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading

Passed 65 Yea · 5 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57506
Democratic 7000
Republican 1003
Total 65509
% of votes cast 82%6%0%11%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Stone — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Torres — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Logue — Nay
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Mullin — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Campos — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Lowenthal — Not Voting
Harkey — Not Voting
Conway — Not Voting
Linder — Not Voting
Morrell — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11005
Democratic 1000
Total 12005
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wagner — Not Voting
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Linder — Not Voting
Donnelly — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Weber — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 214 do?
Existing law designates the Secretary of State as the chief elections officer of the state and requires him or her to study and adopt regulations governing the use of voting machines, voting devices, vote tabulating devices, and ballot marking systems. This bill would require the Secretary of State, by December 31, 2014, to establish, in consultation with county elections officials, procedures and guidelines for voting in the event of a natural disaster or other state of emergency. The bill would require the Secretary of State to publish those procedures and guidelines on his or her Internet Web site. The bill would also require the Secretary of State to report to the Legislature, by December 31, 2014, on the readiness of the state to hold elections during or following a natural disaster or other state of emergency, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 214?
AB 214 is sponsored by Ammiano, Bloom, Brown, Corbett, Skinner, Ting, and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 214?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 214?
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