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

SB 286 — Elections: voting.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 806, Statutes of 2017.

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  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 09, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law permits vote by mail voters who return to their home precincts on election day to vote if they surrender their vote by mail ballots, as specified. Existing law requires the precinct board to return these surrendered ballots to the elections official in a designated envelope. This bill would permit vote by mail voters who return to their home precincts or go to another voting location, as specified, to vote nonprovisional ballots if they surrender their ballots to the relevant voting authority or, if they are unable to surrender their vote by mail ballots, if the voting authority verifies that they have not returned their vote by mail ballots and notates their voter records accordingly. By increasing the duties of local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, the California Voter's Choice Act, authorizes certain counties to conduct any election, after a specified date, as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are satisfied, including conditions related to ballot dropoff locations, vote centers, and plans for the administration of all-mailed ballot elections. This bill would make conforming and other nonsubstantive changes to provisions affected by that act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3108 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 1403, Section 14200 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 918, and Section 14105 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 837, and would provide that these changes be operative only if this bill and AB 1403, AB 918, or AB 837 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 806, 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 28. Noes 12. Page 2789.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 3157.) 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 5.) (August 23).

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 766.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  19. Set for hearing April 17.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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

  23. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

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Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB286 Stern et al. Concurrence

Passed 28 Yea · 12 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241100
Democratic 4100
Total 281200
% of votes cast 70%30%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Wilk — 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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SB 286 Stern Senate Third Reading By BERMAN

Passed 54 Yea · 24 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 391801
Democratic 15000
Republican 0600
Total 542401
% of votes cast 68%30%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Fong — Nay
Chau — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Medina — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — 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 Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7402
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 10502
% of votes cast 59%29%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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3rd Reading

Passed 28 Yea · 12 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241100
Democratic 4100
Total 281200
% of votes cast 70%30%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — 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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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 286 do?
Existing law permits vote by mail voters who return to their home precincts on election day to vote if they surrender their vote by mail ballots, as specified. Existing law requires the precinct board to return these surrendered ballots to the elections official in a designated envelope. This bill would permit vote by mail voters who return to their home precincts or go to another voting location, as specified, to vote nonprovisional ballots if they surrender their ballots to the relevant voting authority or, if they are unable to surrender their vote by mail ballots, if the voting authority verifies that they have not returned their vote by mail ballots and notates their voter records accordingly. By increasing the duties of local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, the California Voter's Choice Act, authorizes certain counties to conduct any election, after a specified date, as an all-mailed ballot election if certain conditions are satisfied, including conditions related to ballot dropoff locations, vote centers, and plans for the administration of all-mailed ballot elections. This bill would make conforming and other nonsubstantive changes to provisions affected by that act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3108 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 1403, Section 14200 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 918, and Section 14105 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 837, and would provide that these changes be operative only if this bill and AB 1403, AB 918, or AB 837 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 SB 286?
SB 286 is sponsored by Low and Stern, Henry I. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 286?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 286?
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