Primary elections: election date.
Summary
Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in any year that is evenly divisible by the number 4, and requires that the presidential primary be consolidated with the statewide direct primary held in that year. This bill would, beginning in 2019, change the date of the statewide direct primary and the presidential primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March and would continue the requirement that those elections be consolidated.
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
Sep 2017
Introduced Feb 17, 2017
Signed Sep 27, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
3
Sep 27, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 3016.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 15, 2017
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Aug 31, 2017
Lower · Passed
Read third time and amended.
lower
Jul 19, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (July 19).
lower
Jun 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 20, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14).
lower
May 22, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on E. & R.
lower
May 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
Apr 19, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 743.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
upper
Mar 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Feb 17, 2017
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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