Elections: voting rights guide: incarcerated persons.
Summary
Existing law provides that in order to be entitled to register to vote a person must be a United States citizen, a resident of California, 18 years of age, and not be incarcerated or on parole for a felony conviction. Existing law also requires each county probation department to either establish and maintain on the county probation department's Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons or post a notice with the Internet Web site address that contains the Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons in each probation office where probationers are seen. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to either establish and maintain on the department's Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Internet Web site at which the Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons may be found or post in each parole office a notice that contains the Internet Web site address at which the voting rights guide may be found.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2014
Committee Review
Aug 2014
Assembly Passage
Apr 2014
Senate Passage
Aug 2014
Signed into Law
Sep 2014
Introduced Feb 21, 2014
Signed Sep 30, 2014
Floor votes · Senate Aug 14, 2014 · Assembly Apr 21, 2014
How they voted
20–9
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 36
Aug 14, 2014
D
Democratic26
73% Yea
R
Republican10
80% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Sep 30, 2014
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 14, 2014
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (20-9-7)
senate
Aug 14, 2014
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
lower
Jun 30, 2014
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
Jun 17, 2014
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 2, 2014
Upper · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
upper
May 8, 2014
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
Apr 21, 2014
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (52-12-6)
assembly
Apr 9, 2014
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 9).
lower
Apr 2, 2014
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Mar 6, 2014
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 23, 2014
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
lower
Feb 21, 2014
Introduced
Introduced. To print.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shirley N. Weber
DDemocratic
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