California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1729 — Examination of petitions.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 23, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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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 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires elections officials to preserve initiative and referendum petitions received or filed in their offices for 8 months after the certification of the results of the election for which the petition qualified, or 8 months after the final examination of the petition by the elections official if the measure is not submitted to the voters. Existing law requires the elections officials to thereafter destroy these petitions as soon as practicable unless certain conditions are satisfied. Existing law authorizes the proponents of a petition, no later than 21 days after certification of the insufficiency, to examine a petition found to be insufficient. If a proponent has commenced examination of a petition pursuant to this provision, this bill would instead require the county elections official to preserve the petition until one year from the date of the proponent's last examination. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2945.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2308.).

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From Consent Calendar.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  10. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  11. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1620.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  18. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10).

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. by unanimous consent.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee April 23.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Elections and Redistricting · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Elections and Redistricting

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1729 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERMAN

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56002
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 77002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — 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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3rd Reading AB1729 E. & R. (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
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
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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AB 1729 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49008
Democratic 13003
Republican 7000
Total 690011
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Gloria — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Friedman — Not Voting
Rubio — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Gray — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting
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
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al 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 1729 do?
Existing law requires elections officials to preserve initiative and referendum petitions received or filed in their offices for 8 months after the certification of the results of the election for which the petition qualified, or 8 months after the final examination of the petition by the elections official if the measure is not submitted to the voters. Existing law requires the elections officials to thereafter destroy these petitions as soon as practicable unless certain conditions are satisfied. Existing law authorizes the proponents of a petition, no later than 21 days after certification of the insufficiency, to examine a petition found to be insufficient. If a proponent has commenced examination of a petition pursuant to this provision, this bill would instead require the county elections official to preserve the petition until one year from the date of the proponent's last examination. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Who sponsors AB 1729?
AB 1729 is sponsored by Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
What is the current status of AB 1729?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 23, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1729?
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