SB 505 — Presidential primary elections.

Summary

(1) Existing law provides for specific procedures by which the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the American Independent Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Green Party participate in the presidential primary election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to place the name of a candidate seeking the nomination of one of those parties for the office of President of the United States on the presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State determines that the candidate is generally advocated for or recognized throughout the United States as actively seeking the nomination of the party, and to announce and distribute to the news media a list of the candidates the Secretary of State intends to place on the ballot a specified number of days before the presidential primary election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to send a letter to specified officials in the Green Party of California and the Peace and Freedom Party of California soliciting additional information regarding the placement of candidates from those parties on the ballot on or before the 150th day before the election. This bill would define the phrases "generally advocated for or recognized candidate" or "recognized candidate" for these purposes to mean an individual who has an authorized campaign committee registered with the Federal Election Commission for the office of President of the United States and who meets specified criteria. The bill would require a candidate to complete and submit to the Secretary of State a form that substantiates the criteria met by the candidate. The bill would extend the deadline by which the Secretary of State is required to announce and distribute the names of candidates to be placed on the ballot to the 88th day before the date of the presidential primary election. The bill would extend the deadline for the Secretary of State to send the letter described above to the 120th day before the primary election. (2) Existing law requires an unselected candidate or uncommitted delegation seeking the nomination of a party that desires to be placed on the presidential primary ballot to have nomination papers circulated for signature on behalf of the candidacy. Existing law authorizes a circulator of those nomination papers to obtain signatures during a specified period before the presidential primary election, and requires the nomination papers to be prepared, circulated, signed, verified, and left for examination with the county elections official of the county in which the papers are circulated a specified number of days before the presidential primary election. This bill would change the period during which a circulator may obtain signatures to a nomination paper to the period between 120 days and 81 days, inclusive, before the primary election, and require all nomination papers to be left for examination by the county elections official at least 81 days before the primary election. The bill would make other conforming and technical, nonsubstantive changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 07/30/19 - Chaptered Current pdf July 30, 2019
• Enrolled 07/15/19 - Enrolled pdf July 15, 2019
• Amended 05/30/19 - Amended Assembly pdf May 30, 2019
• Amended 03/25/19 - Amended Senate pdf March 25, 2019
• Introduced 02/21/19 - Introduced pdf February 21, 2019
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Action History

1. July 30, 2019

   Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2019.

2. July 30, 2019

   Approved by the Governor.

3. July 18, 2019

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

4. July 11, 2019

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2045.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

5. July 08, 2019

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

6. July 08, 2019

   Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2572.) Ordered to the Senate.

7. July 05, 2019

   Ordered to third reading.

8. July 05, 2019

   From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.

9. July 05, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

10. July 03, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3).

11. July 01, 2019

    Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

12. June 20, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. May 30, 2019

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

14. May 09, 2019

    Referred to Com. on E. & R.

15. April 25, 2019

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

16. April 25, 2019

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 821.) Ordered to the Assembly.

17. April 23, 2019

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

18. April 22, 2019

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

19. April 05, 2019

    Set for hearing April 22.

20. April 02, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 524.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

21. March 25, 2019

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

22. March 13, 2019

    Set for hearing April 2.

23. March 07, 2019

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

24. February 22, 2019

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

25. February 21, 2019

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

Sponsors

• Thomas J. Umberg · Primary

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