California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 3258 — Elections.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2018.

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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 21, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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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

(1) Existing law requires a county elections official to prepare specified information regarding registered voters in the county, including the total number of voters and the number of voters registered as preferring each qualified political party. Existing law requires a county elections official, on specified days before an election, to prepare this information and to notify the Secretary of State that the information is available with respect to voters registered on certain dates before the election, including not less than 102 days before each presidential general election with respect to voters registered before the 123rd day before the presidential general election. This bill would clarify that on each of the specified days before an election for which a county elections official must prepare information and give notice to the Secretary of State that the notice applies with respect to all voters who are registered voters on the applicable day before the election. (2) Existing law authorizes a candidate seeking elective office to submit a petition containing signatures of registered voters in lieu of a filing fee, as specified. Existing law requires those in-lieu-filing-fee petitions to be filed at least 30 days before the close of the nomination period, and requires the candidate to pay a pro rata portion of the filing fee to cover any deficiency in the number of signatures required for the in-lieu-filing fee petition for the office. This bill would establish different deadlines for filing in-lieu-filing-fee petitions if the last day to file in-lieu-filing fee petitions pursuant to that deadline for a special election to fill a vacancy occurs before the vacancy begins, or before the Governor issues a proclamation calling the special election. Under these circumstances, if the nomination period is 12 days or more, the bill would require in-lieu-filing fee petitions to be filed at least 9 days before the close of the nomination period, with the deficiency calculated by the elections official within 3 days after receipt of a petition. If the nomination period is 11 days or less, the bill would require the Secretary of State to set the deadline for filing in-lieu-filing fee petitions and the time by which the elections official shall notify the candidate of a deficiency. The bill would also delete an obsolete provision. (3) Existing law requires the Secretary of State, in those instances in which the county elections official uses data processing equipment to store voter registration information, to mail state voter information guides to voters who have registered on or before the 60th day before the election at which measures contained in the state voter information guide are to be voted on, unless a voter has registered fewer than 29 days before the election. For voters who registered after the 60th day before the election, existing law requires the Secretary of State to provide for the mailing of state voter information guides by either mailing the guide to those voters or requiring the county elections official to mail the guide. In those instances in which the county elections official does not use data processing equipment to store voter registration information, existing law requires the Secretary of State to furnish state voter information guides to the county elections official for mailing to voters. This bill would instead require the Secretary of State to mail state voter information guides in all cases to voters who have registered before the 28th day before the election. (4) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare and mail to voters the state voter information guide, as specified. Existing law requires each appropriate elections official to prepare and mail to voters the county voter information guide, as specified. However, existing law authorizes a county elections official to elect not to mail a county voter information guide to a permanent vote by mail voter or a voter in a specified mail ballot election if, among other things, the county elections official prepares and mails to the voter a state voter information guide that includes all of the information required to be included in the county voter information guide. This bill instead would authorize the county elections official to elect not to mail the county voter information guide if he or she prepares and mails to the voter a document that includes all of the information required to be included in the county voter information guide. The bill would also make other clarifying and conforming changes regarding voter information guides. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2187 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 2245 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2245 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6506.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5456.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Ordered to second reading.

  10. From inactive file.

  11. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Stern.

  12. From Consent Calendar.

  13. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  14. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5219.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  20. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9).

  21. 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.

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

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

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Elections and Redistricting · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Elections and Redistricting

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 3258 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERMAN

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55003
Democratic 15001
Republican 5001
Total 75005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Holden — Yea
Burke — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Low — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Harper — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Steinorth — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 AB3258 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
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Chang — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
De León — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Glazer — 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

Official roll call →

AB 3258 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 53004
Democratic 14001
Republican 6000
Total 73005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Obernolte — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Santiago — Not Voting
Steinorth — Not Voting
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Democratic 3000
Republican 2000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Fong — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Chau — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 3258 do?
(1) Existing law requires a county elections official to prepare specified information regarding registered voters in the county, including the total number of voters and the number of voters registered as preferring each qualified political party. Existing law requires a county elections official, on specified days before an election, to prepare this information and to notify the Secretary of State that the information is available with respect to voters registered on certain dates before the election, including not less than 102 days before each presidential general election with respect to voters registered before the 123rd day before the presidential general election. This bill would clarify that on each of the specified days before an election for which a county elections official must prepare information and give notice to the Secretary of State that the notice applies with respect to all voters who are registered voters on the applicable day before the election. (2) Existing law authorizes a candidate seeking elective office to submit a petition containing signatures of registered voters in lieu of a filing fee, as specified. Existing law requires those in-lieu-filing-fee petitions to be filed at least 30 days before the close of the nomination period, and requires the candidate to pay a pro rata portion of the filing fee to cover any deficiency in the number of signatures required for the in-lieu-filing fee petition for the office. This bill would establish different deadlines for filing in-lieu-filing-fee petitions if the last day to file in-lieu-filing fee petitions pursuant to that deadline for a special election to fill a vacancy occurs before the vacancy begins, or before the Governor issues a proclamation calling the special election. Under these circumstances, if the nomination period is 12 days or more, the bill would require in-lieu-filing fee petitions to be filed at least 9 days before the close of the nomination period, with the deficiency calculated by the elections official within 3 days after receipt of a petition. If the nomination period is 11 days or less, the bill would require the Secretary of State to set the deadline for filing in-lieu-filing fee petitions and the time by which the elections official shall notify the candidate of a deficiency. The bill would also delete an obsolete provision. (3) Existing law requires the Secretary of State, in those instances in which the county elections official uses data processing equipment to store voter registration information, to mail state voter information guides to voters who have registered on or before the 60th day before the election at which measures contained in the state voter information guide are to be voted on, unless a voter has registered fewer than 29 days before the election. For voters who registered after the 60th day before the election, existing law requires the Secretary of State to provide for the mailing of state voter information guides by either mailing the guide to those voters or requiring the county elections official to mail the guide. In those instances in which the county elections official does not use data processing equipment to store voter registration information, existing law requires the Secretary of State to furnish state voter information guides to the county elections official for mailing to voters. This bill would instead require the Secretary of State to mail state voter information guides in all cases to voters who have registered before the 28th day before the election. (4) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare and mail to voters the state voter information guide, as specified. Existing law requires each appropriate elections official to prepare and mail to voters the county voter information guide, as specified. However, existing law authorizes a county elections official to elect not to mail a county voter information guide to a permanent vote by mail voter or a voter in a specified mail ballot election if, among other things, the county elections official prepares and mails to the voter a state voter information guide that includes all of the information required to be included in the county voter information guide. This bill instead would authorize the county elections official to elect not to mail the county voter information guide if he or she prepares and mails to the voter a document that includes all of the information required to be included in the county voter information guide. The bill would also make other clarifying and conforming changes regarding voter information guides. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2187 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 2245 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2245 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors AB 3258?
AB 3258 is sponsored by Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
What is the current status of AB 3258?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 21, 2018. Enacted.
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