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

AB 1344 — Voting rights: inmates and persons formerly incarcerated.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 796, 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 17, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · 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.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 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 provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments to either establish and maintain on its Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Internet Web site at which the Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons may be found or post a notice that contains that Internet Web site address. This bill would instead require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments to both establish and maintain on its Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Internet Web site at which information provided by the Secretary of State regarding voting rights for persons with a criminal history may be found and to post a notice that contains that Internet Web site address. The bill would also require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments to provide certain voting rights information to persons under their jurisdiction upon the request of such a person. By imposing new duties on county probation departments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 796, 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 48. Noes 28. Page 3116.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2459.).

  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 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 1779.)

  15. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1659.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 17).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  22. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Bradford · Cosponsor
  • Hertzberg · Cosponsor
  • Scott D. Wiener · Cosponsor
  • Weber · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Weber

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1344 WEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 48 Yea · 28 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 361903
Democratic 12300
Republican 0600
Total 482803
% of votes cast 61%35%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Holden — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Daly — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Fong — Nay
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Baker — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
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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3rd Reading AB1344 Weber et al. By Hertzberg

Passed 27 Yea · 11 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 231002
Democratic 4100
Total 271102
% of votes cast 68%28%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Monning — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Cannella — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — 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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AB 1344 WEBER Assembly Third Reading

Passed 46 Yea · 27 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 341706
Democratic 12400
Republican 0601
Total 462707
% of votes cast 58%34%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Medina — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Baker — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
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 Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
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
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Thurmond — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Levine — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — 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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1344 do?
Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments to either establish and maintain on its Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Internet Web site at which the Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons may be found or post a notice that contains that Internet Web site address. This bill would instead require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments to both establish and maintain on its Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Internet Web site at which information provided by the Secretary of State regarding voting rights for persons with a criminal history may be found and to post a notice that contains that Internet Web site address. The bill would also require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments to provide certain voting rights information to persons under their jurisdiction upon the request of such a person. By imposing new duties on county probation departments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 1344?
AB 1344 is sponsored by Bradford, Hertzberg, Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), and Weber.
What is the current status of AB 1344?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.
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