California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

ACA 9 — A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 5 of Article II thereof, relating to elections.

Last action — Reconsideration refused. (Ayes 25. Noes 50. Page 1885.)

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

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide for a voter-nominated primary election for each congressional and state elective office in California, in which a voter may vote at the primary election for any candidate for a congressional or state elective office without regard to the political party preference disclosed by the candidate or the voter. Under the California Constitution, the candidates receiving the 2 highest vote totals for each voter-nominated office at a primary election, regardless of party preference, compete for the office at the ensuing general election. This measure would provide that, for a person whose name was written in upon the ballot for the voter-nominated primary election for a congressional or state elective office, and is one of the top two vote-getters, to appear as a candidate for that office in the ensuing general election, the write-in candidate must have received votes at the primary election equal in number to at least 1 percent of all votes cast for the office at the last preceding general election at which the office was filled.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 1 removed

1 line(s) added, 1 removed.

→
Previous
Latest
Bill Number Bill Keyword Home Bill Information California Law Publications Other Resources My Subscriptions My Favorites Bill Information >> Bill Search >> Text Bill TextBill Information PDF2 Bill PDF |Add To My Favorites | Version:
Bill Number Bill Keyword Home Bill Information California Law Publications Other Resources My Subscriptions My Favorites Bill Information >> Bill Search >> Text Bill Text PDF2 Bill PDF |Add To My Favorites | Version:
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Action History

  1. Reconsideration refused. (Ayes 25. Noes 50. Page 1885.)

  2. (Ayes 26. Noes 48. Page 1884.)

  3. Motion to continue the motion to reconsider until next Legislative day pursuant to A.R. 100(e) by Assembly Member Gorell. Motion fails.

  4. Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Gorell.

  5. Read third time. Refused adoption. (Ayes 46. Noes 19. Page 1719.)

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 24).

  8. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  9. From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and APPR.

  11. From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  12. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Gorell · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Gorell

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 121 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

ACA 9 GORELL Motion to Reconsider

Failed 25 Yea · 50 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 204404
Democratic 1600
Republican 4000
Total 255004
% of votes cast 32%63%0%5%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Nay
Ammiano — Nay
Blumenfield — Nay
Bradford — Nay
Brown — Nay
Buchanan — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Not Voting
Mullin — Nay
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Nay
Ting — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Daly — Nay
Fox — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Stone — Nay
Bigelow — Yea
Conway — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Logue — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Lowenthal — Nay
Gray — Nay
Atkins — Nay
Mitchell — Nay
Campos — Nay
Eggman — Nay
Gatto — Nay
Gordon — Nay
Hall — Nay
Levine — Nay
Bloom — Nay
Medina — Nay
Nazarian — Nay
Pan — Nay
Quirk — Nay
Skinner — Nay
Williams — Nay
Gonzalez — Nay
Bocanegra — Nay
John A. Pérez — Nay
Salas — Nay
Holden — Not Voting
Bonilla — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Rendon — Nay
Chau — Nay
Cooley — Nay
Dickinson — Nay
Weber — Nay
Frazier — Nay
Yamada — Nay
Gomez — Nay
Hagman — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Nay
V. Manuel Pérez — Nay
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Garcia, Robert Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Nay
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

ACA 9 GORELL Assembly Third Reading

Failed 46 Yea · 19 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3817013
Democratic 6100
Republican 2101
Total 4619014
% of votes cast 58%24%0%18%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Blumenfield — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Melendez — Not Voting
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Nay
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Not Voting
Gonzalez — Nay
Stone — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Chau — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Logue — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Nay
Salas — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Mullin — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
John A. Pérez — Nay
Nestande — Yea
Bocanegra — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Ammiano — Nay
Bigelow — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Skinner — Nay
Ting — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Not Voting
Campos — Not Voting
Gomez — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Fox — Not Voting
Frazier — Nay
Gatto — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Nay
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Nay
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 Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Be adopted.

Passed 16 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15100
Democratic 1000
Total 16100
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Linder — Yea
Pan — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hall — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

elections
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does ACA 9 do?
Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide for a voter-nominated primary election for each congressional and state elective office in California, in which a voter may vote at the primary election for any candidate for a congressional or state elective office without regard to the political party preference disclosed by the candidate or the voter. Under the California Constitution, the candidates receiving the 2 highest vote totals for each voter-nominated office at a primary election, regardless of party preference, compete for the office at the ensuing general election. This measure would provide that, for a person whose name was written in upon the ballot for the voter-nominated primary election for a congressional or state elective office, and is one of the top two vote-getters, to appear as a candidate for that office in the ensuing general election, the write-in candidate must have received votes at the primary election equal in number to at least 1 percent of all votes cast for the office at the last preceding general election at which the office was filled.
Who sponsors ACA 9?
ACA 9 is sponsored by Gorell.
What is the current status of ACA 9?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 ACA 9?
Track ACA 9 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on ACA 9

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of ACA 9

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →