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SB 37 — Electoral college: interstate compact.
Last action — Veto sustained.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed Assembly
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2007-2008 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 08/15/08 - Enrolled Current pdf August 15, 2008
- Amended 09/06/07 - Amended Assembly pdf September 06, 2007
- Amended 04/10/07 - Amended Senate pdf April 10, 2007
- Introduced 12/05/06 - Introduced pdf December 05, 2006
- SB37 View text html
Action History
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Veto sustained.
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Died on file.
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In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled. To Governor at 1 p.m.
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Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 5036.) To enrollment.
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In Senate. To unfinished business.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 5940.) To Senate.
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From inactive file to third reading file.
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Notice of motion to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Torrico.
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Placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bass.
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Action rescinded whereby bill was placed on inactive file.
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Placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member De León.
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Read third time. Amended. (Page 3036.) To third reading.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.)
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From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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To Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 944.) To Assembly.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Set for hearing April 16.
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From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 347.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Set for hearing March 21.
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To Com. on E., R. & C.A.
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Read first time.
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From print. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
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Introduced. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.
Sponsors
- Bonnie Lowenthal · Cosponsor
- Calderon · Cosponsor
- Scott · Cosponsor
- Arambula · Cosponsor
- Dymally · Cosponsor
- Migden · Primary
- Karnette · Cosponsor
- Lieber · Cosponsor
- Nunez · Cosponsor
- Portantino · Cosponsor
- Alquist · Cosponsor
- Beall · Cosponsor
- Brownley · Cosponsor
- Davis · Cosponsor
- DeSaulnier · Cosponsor
- Eng · Cosponsor
- Evans · Cosponsor
- Hancock · Cosponsor
- Leno · Cosponsor
- Lieu · Cosponsor
- Levine · Cosponsor
- Ma · Cosponsor
- Mendoza · Cosponsor
- Oropeza · Cosponsor
- Ridley-Thomas · Cosponsor
- Price · Cosponsor
- Swanson · Cosponsor
- Torlakson · Cosponsor
- Wolk · Cosponsor
- Yee · Cosponsor
- John Laird · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 30 co-sponsors · 91 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Migden
Co-sponsors (30)
- Bonnie Lowenthal
- Calderon
- Scott
- Arambula
- Dymally
- Karnette
- Lieber
- Nunez
- Portantino
- Alquist
- Beall
- Brownley
- Davis
- DeSaulnier
- Eng
- Evans
- Hancock
- Leno
- Lieu
- Levine
- Ma
- Mendoza
- Oropeza
- Ridley-Thomas
- Price
- Swanson
- Torlakson
- Wolk
- Yee
- Laird, John Democratic
Not signed on (91)
91 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 91 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 39% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Migden | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Nay |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Nay |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Margett | — | Nay |
| McClintock | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Kuehl | — | Not Voting |
| Vincent | — | Not Voting |
| Dutton | — | Nay |
| Harman | — | Nay |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Nay |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Nay |
| Cox | — | Nay |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 44 | 30 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49 | 32 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 57% | 37% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (86)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Lieber | — | Yea |
| Nunez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Nay |
| Aghazarian | — | Nay |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Nay |
| Fuller | — | Nay |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Nay |
| Horton | — | Nay |
| Houston | — | Nay |
| Keene | — | Nay |
| La | — | Nay |
| Maze | — | Nay |
| Nakanishi | — | Nay |
| Plescia | — | Nay |
| Sharon | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Nay |
| Huff | — | Nay |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Nay |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Nay |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Parra | — | Not Voting |
| Soto | — | Not Voting |
| Spitzer | — | Not Voting |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Adams | — | Nay |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Blakeslee | — | Nay |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Nay |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Nay |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Nay |
| Emmerson | — | Nay |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Nay |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Not Voting |
| Garrick | — | Nay |
| Beth Gaines | — | Nay |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Not Voting |
| La Malfa | — | Nay |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Nay |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 61% | 39% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (18)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| La | — | Nay |
| Nakanishi | — | Nay |
| Sharon | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Emmerson | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| La Malfa | — | Nay |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 14% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Not Voting |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 20 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 34% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Nay |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Migden | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Vincent | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Ducheny | — | Not Voting |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Nay |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Margett | — | Nay |
| McClintock | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Battin | — | Not Voting |
| Machado | — | Not Voting |
| Perata | — | Not Voting |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Dutton | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Cogdill | — | Nay |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Nay |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 60% | 40% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Migden | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Nay |
| Cogdill | — | Nay |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 37?
- SB 37 is sponsored by Bonnie Lowenthal, Calderon, Scott, Arambula, Dymally, Migden, Karnette, Lieber, Nunez, Portantino, Alquist, Beall, Brownley, Davis, DeSaulnier, Eng, Evans, Hancock, Leno, Lieu, Levine, Ma, Mendoza, Oropeza, Ridley-Thomas, Price, Swanson, Torlakson, Wolk, Yee, and Laird, John (Democratic).
- What is the current status of SB 37?
- This bill died with 2007-2008 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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