California 2003-2004, 5th Special Session Status: Enacted

AB 8 — Ballot measures.

Last action — In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 28.) Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 30.).

  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 December 03, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · 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.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 28.) Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 30.).

  2. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Approved by the Governor.

  5. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2003-04 Fifth Extraordinary Session.

  6. Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 47.) Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 48.)

  7. Read first time. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 9.) (December 5). From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (December 5).

  8. From printer. Referred to Standing Committee on Budget.

  9. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Oropeza · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Oropeza

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

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Passed 31 Yea · 7 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31602
Republican 0100
Total 31702
% of votes cast 78%18%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Chesbro — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Ackerman — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Brulte — Yea
Burton — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Machado — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Murray — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Perata — Yea
Scott — Yea
Sher — Yea
Soto — Yea
Speier — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Vincent — Yea
Margett — Nay
McClintock — Nay
Morrow — Nay
Oller — Nay
Battin — Not Voting
Poochigian — Not Voting
Ducheny — Yea
Romero — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Ashburn — Yea
Knight — Nay
Johnson, Natasha Republican Nay

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Passed 82 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 74003
Democratic 7000
Republican 1000
Total 82003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Chu — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bermudez — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Canciamilla — Yea
Chan — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Harman — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Levine — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Liu — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Keene — Yea
Koretz — Yea
La — Yea
Malfa — Yea
La — Yea
Suer — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Maze — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Montanez — Yea
Mountjoy — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Richman — Yea
Runner — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Campbell — Not Voting
Maddox — Not Voting
Maldonado — Not Voting
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Yee — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Bates — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 6 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6100
Republican 0100
Total 6200
% of votes cast 75%25%0%0%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Longville — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Samuelian — Nay
Steinberg — Yea
Levine — Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Subjects

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AB 8 is sponsored by Oropeza.
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