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SB 235 California Senate · 2017-2018 Regular Session

Elections: ballot designation requirements.

Summary
Existing law provides, with the exception of candidates for Justice of the State Supreme Court or court of appeal, that each candidate for elective city, county, district, state, or federal office may choose to have only one of specified designations, including his or her current principal professions, vocations, or occupations appear immediately under his or her name as a candidate on an election ballot. This bill would impose additional requirements for a designation that may appear under the name of a candidate for judicial office. The bill would apply to all judicial elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Sep 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
Assembly Passage
Sep 2017
Signed into Law
Oct 2017
Introduced Feb 6, 2017 Signed Oct 5, 2017
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2017 · Assembly Sep 14, 2017

How they voted

31–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 35
May 22, 2017
D Democratic25
24 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican10
7 Yea 3
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
3
Oct 5, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2993.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 15, 2017
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Sep 14, 2017
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (65-6-2)
assembly
Sep 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Read third time and amended.
lower
Jul 18, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 18).
lower
Jun 29, 2017
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
Jun 28, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28).
lower
Jun 1, 2017
Committee
Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and JUD.
lower
May 22, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-4)
senate
May 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1020.) (May 9).
upper
May 2, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 929.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD.
upper
Mar 29, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
upper
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.