California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 970 — Primary election date.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2020.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 11, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on that same date in any year that is evenly divisible by 4. This bill would change the date of the statewide direct primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in even-numbered years in which there is no presidential primary.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2020.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:30 p.m.

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 5. Page 5171.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 11).

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. July 13 hearing postponed by committee.

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

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

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3684.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  13. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  14. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  15. Set for hearing June 9.

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

  17. June 1 hearing postponed by committee.

  18. Set for hearing June 1.

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Set for hearing May 19.

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

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

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

  24. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 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.

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Votes

SB 970 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Berman

Passed 66 Yea · 5 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 21001
Unaffiliated 42405
Republican 3102
Total 66508
% of votes cast 84%6%0%10%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Chiu — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Burke — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Chu — Yea
Diep — Yea
Weber — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Smith — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Gray — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Obernolte — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia 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
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 9100
Republican 1000
Total 16100
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Fong — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

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Consent Calendar SB970

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27000
Democratic 9001
Republican 3000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Chang — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Roth — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Monning — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 970 do?
Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on that same date in any year that is evenly divisible by 4. This bill would change the date of the statewide direct primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in even-numbered years in which there is no presidential primary.
Who sponsors SB 970?
SB 970 is sponsored by Umberg, Thomas J. (Democratic), Berman, Marc (Democratic), Atkins, and Rendon.
What is the current status of SB 970?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 11, 2020. Enacted.
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