California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

AB 2552 — Elections: ballot contents.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 law sets forth various ballot printing specifications, including a requirement that each group of candidates to be voted on be preceded on the ballot by the designation of the office for which they are running, and the words "vote for one" or "vote for no more than two," or more, according to the number to be nominated or elected. This bill would require that the number of candidates to be nominated or elected be printed in boldface type or in a contrasting color that is not black or gray. By requiring local elections officials to revise the content of ballots, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Secretary of State to establish a ballot design advisory committee to make recommendations for improving ballot design and the readability of ballot instructions. The bill would require the committee to make its recommendations by January 1, 2020. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

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

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 6655.).

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5657.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16).

  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. 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.

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

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5437.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  16. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

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

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 2552 BERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 71 Yea · 4 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50404
Democratic 16000
Republican 5001
Total 71405
% of votes cast 89%5%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chau — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Gray — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Voepel — Not Voting
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
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
Gabriel, Jesse 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 Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB2552 Berman By Stern

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Chang — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Portantino — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
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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Do pass as amended

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
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

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
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2552 BERMAN Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57000
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 78000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Holden — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Chau — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gray — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
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 Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2001
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2552 do?
Existing law sets forth various ballot printing specifications, including a requirement that each group of candidates to be voted on be preceded on the ballot by the designation of the office for which they are running, and the words "vote for one" or "vote for no more than two," or more, according to the number to be nominated or elected. This bill would require that the number of candidates to be nominated or elected be printed in boldface type or in a contrasting color that is not black or gray. By requiring local elections officials to revise the content of ballots, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Secretary of State to establish a ballot design advisory committee to make recommendations for improving ballot design and the readability of ballot instructions. The bill would require the committee to make its recommendations by January 1, 2020. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 2552?
AB 2552 is sponsored by Berman, Marc (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2552?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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 AB 2552?
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