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

SB 1018 — Elections: state and local reapportionment.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 462, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes a local jurisdiction, defined as a county or general law city, to establish by resolution or ordinance a commission composed of residents of the local jurisdiction to either change the boundaries of the districts of the local jurisdiction's legislative body or recommend to the governing body changes to the boundaries of the districts. Existing law defines a "legislative body" for these purposes to mean either a city council of a general law city or a county board of supervisors. For a commission that recommends changes to district boundaries, defined as an advisory redistricting commission, existing law prohibits a person who is an elected official of the local jurisdiction or a family member, staff member, or paid campaign staff of an elected official of the local jurisdiction from being appointed to serve on the commission, and requires the commission to submit a report to the legislative body of its findings on the need for changes to the boundaries and its recommended changes, within a specified time after the federal decennial census, as specified. For a commission empowered to change district boundaries, defined as an independent redistricting commission, existing law authorizes the local jurisdiction to prescribe the manner in which members are appointed to the commission, provided that the jurisdiction uses an application process open to all eligible residents. Existing law disqualifies a person or a family member of a person from being appointed to the commission if he or she has engaged in specified activities during the 8 years preceding his or her appointment. Existing law also prohibits a commission member from engaging in specified activities, such as accepting an appointment to an office of the local jurisdiction for 4 years after the date of his or her appointment, or from being a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction for 10 years after the date of his or her appointment. Existing law authorizes an independent redistricting commission to impose additional qualifications or restrictions on members of the commission in excess of these provisions. Existing law requires a commission to adopt new boundaries within a specified period of time after the federal decennial census. Existing law prohibits a commission from drawing districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against an incumbent or political candidate. This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to establish a commission by charter amendment. The bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to establish a hybrid redistricting commission, as defined. The bill would, for an advisory redistricting commission, authorize a local jurisdiction to impose additional qualifications and restrictions on the commission, members of the commission, or applicants to the commission in excess of those described above. The bill would eliminate the requirement that an advisory redistricting commission submit a report on its findings and recommended changes within a specified time after the federal decennial census. This bill would, for an independent redistricting commission or a hybrid redistricting commission, prohibit the direct appointment of members of the commission by the legislative body or an elected official of the local jurisdiction. The bill would clarify that a person is disqualified from being appointed to the commission if that person or a family member of that person engages in specified activities preceding the date of that person's appointment. The bill would reduce to 4 years the time period for certain activities of a family member of a person, other than his or her spouse or registered domestic partner, that would disqualify that person from appointment to the commission. The bill would instead prohibit a commission member from accepting an appointment to an office of the local jurisdiction for 2 years, commencing with the date of his or her appointment. The bill would instead prohibit a member from being a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction if less than 5 years have elapsed since the date of his or her appointment or if the commission on which the member served adopted or recommended the district boundaries to be used for the election, as specified. The bill would eliminate the requirement that the commission adopt new boundaries within a specified period after the federal decennial census and instead subject the commission to the same redistricting deadlines, requirements, and restrictions that would otherwise apply to a legislative body. The bill would prohibit a legislative body from altering district boundaries that it or a hybrid or independent redistricting commission has adopted until after the next federal decennial census following the adoption of the boundaries, except as specified. The bill would additionally prohibit a commission from drawing districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against a political party. The bill would authorize a commission to impose additional requirements and restrictions on a commission or applicants to a commission in excess of these provisions. The bill would authorize a local jurisdiction, except a county, to contract with a county in which the local jurisdiction is located that has established a commission empowered to change district boundaries to have that commission adopt the local jurisdiction's election district boundaries, as specified. The bill would apply the provisions applicable to an independent redistricting commission to a hybrid redistricting commission, as defined. The bill would define "redistricting," for the purposes of these provisions and those described above, to mean either districting or redistricting. The bill would expand the definition of "legislative body" to include a governing board of a school district, a governing board of a community college district, or an elected governing board of a special district. The bill would expand the definition of a "local jurisdiction" to include a school district, community college district, or special district.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 462, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 3. Page 6303.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27).

  9. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 13).

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

  12. Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and L. GOV.

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4226.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. Ordered to second reading.

  17. Read third time and amended.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4914.) (May 2).

  20. Set for hearing May 2.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  22. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  23. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4514.) (April 3).

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

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

  26. Set for hearing April 3.

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

  28. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1018 Allen Concurrence

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31004
Democratic 5000
Total 36004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Chang — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
De León — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — 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

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SB 1018 Allen Senate Third Reading By BERMAN

Passed 67 Yea · 3 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49306
Democratic 16000
Republican 2004
Total 673010
% of votes cast 84%4%0%13%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
McCarty — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
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 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 Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31003
Democratic 5000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Fuller — Not Voting
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — 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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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Democratic 2000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1018 do?
Existing law authorizes a local jurisdiction, defined as a county or general law city, to establish by resolution or ordinance a commission composed of residents of the local jurisdiction to either change the boundaries of the districts of the local jurisdiction's legislative body or recommend to the governing body changes to the boundaries of the districts. Existing law defines a "legislative body" for these purposes to mean either a city council of a general law city or a county board of supervisors. For a commission that recommends changes to district boundaries, defined as an advisory redistricting commission, existing law prohibits a person who is an elected official of the local jurisdiction or a family member, staff member, or paid campaign staff of an elected official of the local jurisdiction from being appointed to serve on the commission, and requires the commission to submit a report to the legislative body of its findings on the need for changes to the boundaries and its recommended changes, within a specified time after the federal decennial census, as specified. For a commission empowered to change district boundaries, defined as an independent redistricting commission, existing law authorizes the local jurisdiction to prescribe the manner in which members are appointed to the commission, provided that the jurisdiction uses an application process open to all eligible residents. Existing law disqualifies a person or a family member of a person from being appointed to the commission if he or she has engaged in specified activities during the 8 years preceding his or her appointment. Existing law also prohibits a commission member from engaging in specified activities, such as accepting an appointment to an office of the local jurisdiction for 4 years after the date of his or her appointment, or from being a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction for 10 years after the date of his or her appointment. Existing law authorizes an independent redistricting commission to impose additional qualifications or restrictions on members of the commission in excess of these provisions. Existing law requires a commission to adopt new boundaries within a specified period of time after the federal decennial census. Existing law prohibits a commission from drawing districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against an incumbent or political candidate. This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to establish a commission by charter amendment. The bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to establish a hybrid redistricting commission, as defined. The bill would, for an advisory redistricting commission, authorize a local jurisdiction to impose additional qualifications and restrictions on the commission, members of the commission, or applicants to the commission in excess of those described above. The bill would eliminate the requirement that an advisory redistricting commission submit a report on its findings and recommended changes within a specified time after the federal decennial census. This bill would, for an independent redistricting commission or a hybrid redistricting commission, prohibit the direct appointment of members of the commission by the legislative body or an elected official of the local jurisdiction. The bill would clarify that a person is disqualified from being appointed to the commission if that person or a family member of that person engages in specified activities preceding the date of that person's appointment. The bill would reduce to 4 years the time period for certain activities of a family member of a person, other than his or her spouse or registered domestic partner, that would disqualify that person from appointment to the commission. The bill would instead prohibit a commission member from accepting an appointment to an office of the local jurisdiction for 2 years, commencing with the date of his or her appointment. The bill would instead prohibit a member from being a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction if less than 5 years have elapsed since the date of his or her appointment or if the commission on which the member served adopted or recommended the district boundaries to be used for the election, as specified. The bill would eliminate the requirement that the commission adopt new boundaries within a specified period after the federal decennial census and instead subject the commission to the same redistricting deadlines, requirements, and restrictions that would otherwise apply to a legislative body. The bill would prohibit a legislative body from altering district boundaries that it or a hybrid or independent redistricting commission has adopted until after the next federal decennial census following the adoption of the boundaries, except as specified. The bill would additionally prohibit a commission from drawing districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against a political party. The bill would authorize a commission to impose additional requirements and restrictions on a commission or applicants to a commission in excess of these provisions. The bill would authorize a local jurisdiction, except a county, to contract with a county in which the local jurisdiction is located that has established a commission empowered to change district boundaries to have that commission adopt the local jurisdiction's election district boundaries, as specified. The bill would apply the provisions applicable to an independent redistricting commission to a hybrid redistricting commission, as defined. The bill would define "redistricting," for the purposes of these provisions and those described above, to mean either districting or redistricting. The bill would expand the definition of "legislative body" to include a governing board of a school district, a governing board of a community college district, or an elected governing board of a special district. The bill would expand the definition of a "local jurisdiction" to include a school district, community college district, or special district.
Who sponsors SB 1018?
SB 1018 is sponsored by Allen, Benjamin (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1018?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2018. Enacted.
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