Election petitions: circulators.
Summary
Existing law generally prohibits the circulation of initiative, referendum, and recall petitions and nominating papers by a person who is not a resident of the state. This bill would remove this prohibition. The bill would make conforming changes to various provisions of existing law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2013
Committee Review
Jun 2013
Senate Passage
May 2013
Assembly Passage
Aug 2013
Signed into Law
Sep 2013
Introduced Feb 11, 2013
Signed Sep 9, 2013
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2013 · Assembly Aug 26, 2013
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
May 30, 2013
D
Democratic28
96% Yea
R
Republican11
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Sep 9, 2013
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 26, 2013
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (50-22-4)
assembly
Aug 26, 2013
Introduced
Amendments by Assembly Member Wagner tabled on motion by Assembly Member Atkins. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2697.)
lower
Jun 26, 2013
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 25).
lower
Jun 14, 2013
Committee
Referred to Com. on E. & R.
lower
May 30, 2013
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-1)
senate
May 28, 2013
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1008.) (May 23).
upper
Apr 17, 2013
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 567.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 3, 2013
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Mar 20, 2013
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 325.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Feb 21, 2013
Committee
Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and RLS.
upper
Feb 12, 2013
Introduced
(Introduced measure version corrected February 13.)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cathleen Galgiani
DDemocratic
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