Primary election date.
Summary
Existing law requires that the statewide direct primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year. Existing law requires that the presidential primary be held on that same date in any year that is evenly divisible by 4. This bill would change the date of the statewide direct primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in even-numbered years in which there is no presidential primary.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Aug 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Assembly Passage
Aug 2020
Signed into Law
Sep 2020
Introduced Feb 11, 2020
Signed Sep 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2020 · Assembly Aug 24, 2020
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Jun 11, 2020
D
Democratic28
96% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Sep 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 5. Page 5171.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Aug 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 11).
lower
Jul 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jul 8, 2020
Lower · Passed
July 13 hearing postponed by committee.
lower
Jun 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Com. on E. & R.
lower
Jun 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3684.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Jun 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
upper
May 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
June 1 hearing postponed by committee.
upper
May 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Committee
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom Umberg
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony Rendon
DDemocratic
Co
Marc Berman
DDemocratic
Co
Toni Atkins
DDemocratic
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