California 2009-2010, 3rd Special Session Status: To Executive

SB 19 — Elections.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 7, Statutes of 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session.

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

This bill died with 2009-2010, 3rd Special 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.

Summary

Existing law provides that the Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state and requires the Secretary of State to perform specified duties, including preparing and mailing ballot pamphlets, in connection with any statewide election. Existing law further requires the Attorney General to provide for each ballot measure submitted to the voters of the state a ballot title, an official summary, and a ballot label that shall be a condensed statement of the ballot title. Existing law requires that every measure submitted to the voters comply with a specified schedule leading up to the day of the election. This bill would call a statewide special election to be held on May 19, 2009. The bill would place 6 measures before the voters at that election, including (1) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to budget reform, (2) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to education finance, (3) a legislative measure relating to the California State Lottery, (4) a legislative measure relating to Proposition 10 approved by the voters at the November 3, 1998, statewide general election, (5) a legislative measure relating to Proposition 63 approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, and (6) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to the pay of state officers in the event there is an operating deficit in the state budget. This bill would further set forth language to be used for the ballot labels and the ballot titles and summaries for those measures. In addition, this bill would waive certain statutory deadlines for placement of those measures before the voters at the May 19, 2009, statewide special election, and would specify that the ballot label public examination period be limited to 8 days. This bill would place before the voters at the June 8, 2010, statewide primary election a legislative constitutional amendment relating to open primary elections. This bill would also set forth language to be used for the ballot label and the ballot title and summary for that measure. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an act calling an election. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 7, Statutes of 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session.

  2. Approved by Governor.

  3. Enrolled. To Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 75.) To enrollment.

  5. Urgency clause adopted.

  6. In Senate.

  7. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 12. Page 119.) To Senate.

  8. Read third time. Amended. (Page 118.)

  9. Placed on third reading.

  10. Withdrawn from committee.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on RULES.

  12. To Com. on RULES.

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 22.) To Assembly.

  15. Read second time. To third reading.

  16. Placed on second reading file.

  17. Withdrawn from committee.

  18. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS.

Sponsors

  • Ducheny · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Ducheny

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SB 19 Ducheny Third Reading Urgency By EVANS Third Extraordinary Session

Passed 68 Yea · 12 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6112011
Democratic 5000
Republican 2001
Total 6812012
% of votes cast 74%13%0%13%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Not Voting
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Nay
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hall — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Adams — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Gaines — Nay
Chesbro — Not Voting
V. — Not Voting
Manuel — Not Voting
Perez — Not Voting
Portantino — Not Voting
Conway — Not Voting
Duvall — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Miller — Nay
Ammiano — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Torres — Not Voting
Tran — Nay
Villines — Yea
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Not Voting
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Not Voting
Torlakson — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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W/O REF. TO FILE SB19 Ducheny

Passed 32 Yea · 4 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28404
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 32404
% of votes cast 80%10%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Wyland — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Yee — Yea
Harman — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Dutton — Not Voting
Pavley — Not Voting
Walters — Nay
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Senate 3rd Reading SB19 Ducheny

Passed 30 Yea · 1 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27108
Democratic 3000
Republican 0001
Total 30109
% of votes cast 75%3%0%23%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Correa — Yea
Cox — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Not Voting
Florez — Yea
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Corbett — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Oropeza — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Benoit — Not Voting
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 19 do?
Existing law provides that the Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state and requires the Secretary of State to perform specified duties, including preparing and mailing ballot pamphlets, in connection with any statewide election. Existing law further requires the Attorney General to provide for each ballot measure submitted to the voters of the state a ballot title, an official summary, and a ballot label that shall be a condensed statement of the ballot title. Existing law requires that every measure submitted to the voters comply with a specified schedule leading up to the day of the election. This bill would call a statewide special election to be held on May 19, 2009. The bill would place 6 measures before the voters at that election, including (1) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to budget reform, (2) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to education finance, (3) a legislative measure relating to the California State Lottery, (4) a legislative measure relating to Proposition 10 approved by the voters at the November 3, 1998, statewide general election, (5) a legislative measure relating to Proposition 63 approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, and (6) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to the pay of state officers in the event there is an operating deficit in the state budget. This bill would further set forth language to be used for the ballot labels and the ballot titles and summaries for those measures. In addition, this bill would waive certain statutory deadlines for placement of those measures before the voters at the May 19, 2009, statewide special election, and would specify that the ballot label public examination period be limited to 8 days. This bill would place before the voters at the June 8, 2010, statewide primary election a legislative constitutional amendment relating to open primary elections. This bill would also set forth language to be used for the ballot label and the ballot title and summary for that measure. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an act calling an election. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 19?
SB 19 is sponsored by Ducheny.
What is the current status of SB 19?
This bill died with 2009-2010, 3rd Special 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.
Where can I track SB 19?
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