California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 117 — Elections.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 180, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2017. Enacted.

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Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law authorizes specified counties, commencing January 1, 2018, and any county except the County of Los Angeles, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if specified conditions are satisfied. The County of Los Angeles is authorized, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as a vote center election if specified conditions are satisfied. No later than 4 years after conducting its first vote center election, the County of Los Angeles will be authorized to conduct all-mailed ballot elections in the same manner as other counties. Existing law requires that the plan for the administration of an all-mailed ballot election conducted by a county include a voter education and outreach plan approved by the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 6 months of each election conducted by a county as an all-mailed ballot election or vote center election, to report specified information regarding the election to the Legislature. This bill would require the Secretary of State to assist each county conducting an all-mailed ballot election in 2018 in providing additional voter education and community outreach, including, but not limited to, direct contact with voters. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to provide funding allocated for these purposes to each county. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to contract with any qualified person or organization for purposes of preparing the report to the Legislature. The bill would appropriate $350,000 from the General Fund to the Secretary of State for these purposes, with $100,000 allocated for the report to the Legislature and $250,000 allocated for assisting counties in providing additional voter education and outreach. (2) The California Constitution enables electors to initiate a recall of state officers by gathering sufficient signatures within a 160-day period. Upon certification by the Secretary of State that this requirement has been met, the California Constitution authorizes the Governor to call a recall election within 60 to 80 days or to consolidate it with a regularly scheduled election that is within 180 days of the certification of the signatures. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for recall elections, and existing statutes establish a procedural framework for certifying recall petitions and holding recall elections. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to notify a county elections official that a petition received a sufficient number of signatures to initiate a recall election. After this notice has been provided, existing law provides for a period of 30 business days in which voters who signed the petition may withdraw their signatures. No later than 10 days after that period ends, county elections officials are required to report to the Secretary of State the total number of signatures that were withdrawn, and this process continues until the Secretary of State determines that there is a sufficient number of verified signatures, not including withdrawn signatures, to initiate a recall election. If a sufficient number of verified signatures is ultimately obtained, the Department of Finance, in consultation with affected elections officials and the Secretary of State, is required to estimate the costs of the recall election if it is held as a special election or as part of the next regularly scheduled election. The Secretary of State is prohibited from certifying the sufficiency of the signatures until the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has had 30 days to review and comment on the Department of Finance's estimate of the costs of the recall election. Following that period, the Department of Finance's estimate must be posted on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site, and the Department of Finance is authorized to direct the Controller to remit specified costs of conducting the recall election to affected counties. This bill would repeal and reenact those provisions for a specified reason. This bill would require that the Department of Finance submit its estimate of the costs of the recall election within 30 business days of receipt of the Secretary of State's notice of sufficient signatures to initiate a recall. The bill would also repeal a $5,000,000 appropriation to the Department of Finance for allocation to counties for recall election costs and provisions that allow for the use of random sampling as a method of verifying signatures for a recall petition, thereby requiring the examination and verification of each signature filed. The bill would state various findings and declarations of the Legislature, including the Legislature's intent that specified changes in the Elections Code relating to recall elections apply retroactively. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) 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. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 180, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2222.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 49. Page 2751.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2746.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 11.) (August 23).

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  11. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1040.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Ordered to second reading.

  16. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 982.)

  17. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  18. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.

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

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 27 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

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

SB 117 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING Motion to Re-refer to Committee By HARPER

Failed 26 Yea · 48 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 203602
Democratic 01203
Republican 6000
Total 264805
% of votes cast 33%61%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Nay
Brough — Yea
Holden — Nay
Levine — Nay
Low — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Nay
Chau — Nay
Fong — Yea
Gloria — Nay
Harper — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Nay
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Nay
Melendez — Yea
Salas — Nay
Baker — Yea
Chu — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Mullin — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rodriguez — Nay
Santiago — Nay
Thurmond — Nay
Ting — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Nay
Burke — Nay
Gray — Nay
Bocanegra — Nay
Rubio — Nay
Friedman — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
McCarty — Nay
Nazarian — Nay
Quirk — Nay
Chiu — Nay
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Nay
Dababneh — Nay
Rendon — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Frazier — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Nay
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Nay
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Nay
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Nay
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Nay
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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SB 117 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING

Passed 48 Yea · 29 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 372001
Democratic 11301
Republican 0600
Total 482902
% of votes cast 61%37%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Baker — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Friedman — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Fong — Nay
Salas — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
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 Nay
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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Unfinished Business SB117 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence

Passed 25 Yea · 13 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211202
Democratic 4100
Total 251302
% of votes cast 63%33%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Nay
De León — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
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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Do pass.

Passed 15 Yea · 11 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13802
Democratic 2101
Republican 0200
Total 151103
% of votes cast 52%38%0%10%
How each member voted (29)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Medina — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Fong — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Melendez — Nay
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 117 do?
(1) Existing law authorizes specified counties, commencing January 1, 2018, and any county except the County of Los Angeles, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if specified conditions are satisfied. The County of Los Angeles is authorized, commencing January 1, 2020, to conduct any election as a vote center election if specified conditions are satisfied. No later than 4 years after conducting its first vote center election, the County of Los Angeles will be authorized to conduct all-mailed ballot elections in the same manner as other counties. Existing law requires that the plan for the administration of an all-mailed ballot election conducted by a county include a voter education and outreach plan approved by the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 6 months of each election conducted by a county as an all-mailed ballot election or vote center election, to report specified information regarding the election to the Legislature. This bill would require the Secretary of State to assist each county conducting an all-mailed ballot election in 2018 in providing additional voter education and community outreach, including, but not limited to, direct contact with voters. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to provide funding allocated for these purposes to each county. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to contract with any qualified person or organization for purposes of preparing the report to the Legislature. The bill would appropriate $350,000 from the General Fund to the Secretary of State for these purposes, with $100,000 allocated for the report to the Legislature and $250,000 allocated for assisting counties in providing additional voter education and outreach. (2) The California Constitution enables electors to initiate a recall of state officers by gathering sufficient signatures within a 160-day period. Upon certification by the Secretary of State that this requirement has been met, the California Constitution authorizes the Governor to call a recall election within 60 to 80 days or to consolidate it with a regularly scheduled election that is within 180 days of the certification of the signatures. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for recall elections, and existing statutes establish a procedural framework for certifying recall petitions and holding recall elections. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to notify a county elections official that a petition received a sufficient number of signatures to initiate a recall election. After this notice has been provided, existing law provides for a period of 30 business days in which voters who signed the petition may withdraw their signatures. No later than 10 days after that period ends, county elections officials are required to report to the Secretary of State the total number of signatures that were withdrawn, and this process continues until the Secretary of State determines that there is a sufficient number of verified signatures, not including withdrawn signatures, to initiate a recall election. If a sufficient number of verified signatures is ultimately obtained, the Department of Finance, in consultation with affected elections officials and the Secretary of State, is required to estimate the costs of the recall election if it is held as a special election or as part of the next regularly scheduled election. The Secretary of State is prohibited from certifying the sufficiency of the signatures until the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has had 30 days to review and comment on the Department of Finance's estimate of the costs of the recall election. Following that period, the Department of Finance's estimate must be posted on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site, and the Department of Finance is authorized to direct the Controller to remit specified costs of conducting the recall election to affected counties. This bill would repeal and reenact those provisions for a specified reason. This bill would require that the Department of Finance submit its estimate of the costs of the recall election within 30 business days of receipt of the Secretary of State's notice of sufficient signatures to initiate a recall. The bill would also repeal a $5,000,000 appropriation to the Department of Finance for allocation to counties for recall election costs and provisions that allow for the use of random sampling as a method of verifying signatures for a recall petition, thereby requiring the examination and verification of each signature filed. The bill would state various findings and declarations of the Legislature, including the Legislature's intent that specified changes in the Elections Code relating to recall elections apply retroactively. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) 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. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 117?
SB 117 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
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