California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 3259 — Elections.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2018.

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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 March 21, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

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 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law contains various election-related forms, some of which contain obsolete date blocks that begin with "19__". This bill would update the date block of these forms to "20__". (2) Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter for a voter, to send the voter a voter notification, address correction requested. Existing law specifies a form of voter notification that county elections officials are required to use that includes a voter signature line. This bill would remove the voter signature line from the voter notification. (3) Existing law specifies procedures for collecting signatures on a petition for an initiative, referendum, or recall, and for filing the petition and signatures with elections officials. Existing law requires elections officials for local recall and municipal initiative measure petitions to determine, prima facie, the total number of signatures affixed to the petition to determine whether or not the petition is accepted for filing. Existing law requires that recall and municipal initiative measure petitions not accepted for filing be returned to the proponents. This bill would repeal this requirement to return the petitions to the proponents and instead require that further action not be taken. (4) Existing law authorizes a local, special, or consolidated election to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied. Existing law establishes specified dates in March, May, and August for conducting an all-mailed ballot election. This bill would delete the date in March from the established dates for conducting an all-mailed ballot election.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4664.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  7. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6).

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

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

  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5258.)

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9).

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

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

  16. 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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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Consent Calendar AB3259 E. & R.

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32002
Democratic 5000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
De León — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — 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 3259 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day By BERMAN

Passed 72 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 51006
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 72006
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chau — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Not Voting
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Not Voting
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
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 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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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 3259 do?
(1) Existing law contains various election-related forms, some of which contain obsolete date blocks that begin with "19__". This bill would update the date block of these forms to "20__". (2) Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter for a voter, to send the voter a voter notification, address correction requested. Existing law specifies a form of voter notification that county elections officials are required to use that includes a voter signature line. This bill would remove the voter signature line from the voter notification. (3) Existing law specifies procedures for collecting signatures on a petition for an initiative, referendum, or recall, and for filing the petition and signatures with elections officials. Existing law requires elections officials for local recall and municipal initiative measure petitions to determine, prima facie, the total number of signatures affixed to the petition to determine whether or not the petition is accepted for filing. Existing law requires that recall and municipal initiative measure petitions not accepted for filing be returned to the proponents. This bill would repeal this requirement to return the petitions to the proponents and instead require that further action not be taken. (4) Existing law authorizes a local, special, or consolidated election to be conducted wholly by mail if specified conditions are satisfied. Existing law establishes specified dates in March, May, and August for conducting an all-mailed ballot election. This bill would delete the date in March from the established dates for conducting an all-mailed ballot election.
Who sponsors AB 3259?
AB 3259 is sponsored by Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
What is the current status of AB 3259?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 21, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 3259?
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