California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 837 — No party preference voters: partisan primary elections.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires a voter to disclose a preference for a political party in order to participate in the political party's primary election. Existing law permits a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to request the ballot of a political party at a partisan primary election if the political party, by party rule duly noticed to the Secretary of State, authorizes a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to vote the ballot of the political party at that election. Existing law requires the voter registration card, the vote by mail application, and the state voter information guide to notify voters that a voter is not entitled to vote the ballot of a political party at a partisan primary election unless he or she has disclosed a preference for the political party or he or she has declined to disclose a political party preference and the political party has authorized a voter who has declined to disclose a preference to vote its ballot. Existing law generally requires the Secretary of State to prepare certain election materials. Existing law requires an elections official to furnish the precinct officers with specified supplies for an election. This bill would require the Secretary of State, a county elections official, and the members of a precinct board to provide information to voters, as specified, relating to the ability of a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to vote a political party's ballot at a partisan primary election. The bill would require the Secretary of State and a county elections official to prepare and print specified notices and other materials. By imposing additional duties on local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 14105 of the Elections Code proposed by SB 286 to be operative only if this bill and SB 286 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2017.

  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 54. Noes 20. Page 3136.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2571.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  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 58. Noes 20. Page 1541.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 10).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 26). 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 19.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Low · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 13 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Low

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 837 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 54 Yea · 20 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 391504
Democratic 15000
Republican 0501
Total 542005
% of votes cast 68%25%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Nay
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooper — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Steinorth — Not Voting
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
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 Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB837 Low By Allen

Passed 27 Yea · 13 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 231200
Democratic 4100
Total 271300
% of votes cast 68%33%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Nay
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Hill — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lara — Yea
Newman — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 837 LOW Assembly Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 20 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 431301
Democratic 15100
Republican 0601
Total 582002
% of votes cast 73%25%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Not Voting
Low — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Cunningham — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
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
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
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 Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8300
Democratic 4100
Republican 0100
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gray — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 837 do?
Existing law requires a voter to disclose a preference for a political party in order to participate in the political party's primary election. Existing law permits a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to request the ballot of a political party at a partisan primary election if the political party, by party rule duly noticed to the Secretary of State, authorizes a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to vote the ballot of the political party at that election. Existing law requires the voter registration card, the vote by mail application, and the state voter information guide to notify voters that a voter is not entitled to vote the ballot of a political party at a partisan primary election unless he or she has disclosed a preference for the political party or he or she has declined to disclose a political party preference and the political party has authorized a voter who has declined to disclose a preference to vote its ballot. Existing law generally requires the Secretary of State to prepare certain election materials. Existing law requires an elections official to furnish the precinct officers with specified supplies for an election. This bill would require the Secretary of State, a county elections official, and the members of a precinct board to provide information to voters, as specified, relating to the ability of a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to vote a political party's ballot at a partisan primary election. The bill would require the Secretary of State and a county elections official to prepare and print specified notices and other materials. By imposing additional duties on local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 14105 of the Elections Code proposed by SB 286 to be operative only if this bill and SB 286 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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 837?
AB 837 is sponsored by Low.
What is the current status of AB 837?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
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