AB 1970 California Assembly · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Elections: vote by mail and provisional ballots.

Summary

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare and distribute to appropriate elections officials a uniform application and uniform electronic application format for a vote by mail voter's ballot that conforms to specified requirements. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to establish a free access system that permits any voter who casts a provisional ballot to discover whether the voter's provisional ballot was counted and if not, the reason why it was not counted. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to ensure the uniform application of statutory provisions regarding provisional voting. This bill would additionally require the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations establishing guidelines for county elections officials relating to the processing of vote by mail and provisional ballots.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2016

Committee Review

Aug 2016

Assembly Passage

Apr 2016

Senate Passage

Aug 2016

Signed into Law

Sep 2016

Introduced Feb 16, 2016 Signed Sep 29, 2016

Floor votes · Senate Aug 17, 2016 · Assembly Apr 21, 2016

How they voted

23–10

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 34

Aug 17, 2016

D Democratic24

23 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican10

10 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Sep 29, 2016

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Aug 17, 2016

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (23-10-1)

senate

Aug 17, 2016

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

lower

Aug 11, 2016

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).

upper

Aug 1, 2016

Committee

In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

upper

Jun 22, 2016

Committee

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

May 5, 2016

Committee

Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

upper

Apr 21, 2016

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (49-24-2)

assembly

Apr 13, 2016

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (April 13).

lower

Mar 30, 2016

Committee

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Feb 25, 2016

Committee

Referred to Com. on E. & R.

lower

Feb 17, 2016

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor