California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 235 — Elections: ballot designation requirements.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 512, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2017. 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 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides, with the exception of candidates for Justice of the State Supreme Court or court of appeal, that each candidate for elective city, county, district, state, or federal office may choose to have only one of specified designations, including his or her current principal professions, vocations, or occupations appear immediately under his or her name as a candidate on an election ballot. This bill would impose additional requirements for a designation that may appear under the name of a candidate for judicial office. The bill would apply to all judicial elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 512, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2993.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 3399.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 18).

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28).

  13. Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and JUD.

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

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1133.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Published May 16 at 9 p.m.

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

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1020.) (May 9).

  19. Set for hearing May 9.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 929.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  21. Set for hearing May 2.

  22. Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  24. Withdrawn from committee.

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

  26. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 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

Unfinished Business SB235 Allen Concurrence

Passed 34 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29402
Democratic 5000
Total 34402
% of votes cast 85%10%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 235 Allen Senate Third Reading By CUNNINGHAM

Passed 69 Yea · 7 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50503
Democratic 15000
Republican 4200
Total 69703
% of votes cast 87%9%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Nay
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Baker — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 8100
Total 10100
% of votes cast 91%9%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Kiley — Nay
Ting — Yea
Chau — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 34 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29105
Democratic 5000
Total 34105
% of votes cast 85%3%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bates — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Democratic 2000
Total 6100
% of votes cast 86%14%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Hertzberg — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 235 do?
Existing law provides, with the exception of candidates for Justice of the State Supreme Court or court of appeal, that each candidate for elective city, county, district, state, or federal office may choose to have only one of specified designations, including his or her current principal professions, vocations, or occupations appear immediately under his or her name as a candidate on an election ballot. This bill would impose additional requirements for a designation that may appear under the name of a candidate for judicial office. The bill would apply to all judicial elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018.
Who sponsors SB 235?
SB 235 is sponsored by Allen, Benjamin (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 235?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 235?
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