SB 637 California Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

Elections: candidate qualifications.

Summary

Existing law prescribes various eligibility requirements for a person to become a candidate for elective office. Existing law establishes the Secretary of State as the chief elections officer of the state, and specifies various powers and duties of the office relating to this role. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation authorizing the Secretary of State to disqualify a candidate from the ballot if the candidate is prohibited from holding office under Section 3 of Article 14 of the United States Constitution.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2023

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action Feb 1, 2024

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Sep 14, 2023

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Sep 13, 2023

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

upper

Mar 29, 2023

Committee

Re-referred to Coms. on G.O. and B. & F.I.

upper

Mar 22, 2023

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Mar 1, 2023

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Feb 16, 2023

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors