Darrell Steinberg
- Democratic
Author
The California Constitution requires the Governor to call an election to fill a vacancy occurring in either house of the Legislature. This measure would instead require the Governor to fill a vacancy in either house of the Legislature by appointment within 21 days of the date of the vacancy, and would require that the appointee, at the time of the appointment and during the 12-month period immediately preceding the appointment, have the same political party preference as the vacating Member had when he or she was last elected to the Legislature. The measure would allow the house to which the appointment is made to reject the appointment, by a majority vote, within 21 days of the appointment, in which case the Governor would be required to make another appointment. If an appointment is not rejected, the appointee would be eligible to take office the day after the end of the 21-day period and would serve for the remainder of the term of the vacating Member, except as specified.
From committee without further action.
From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3717.) (May 23). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 23.
Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 19.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 5.
From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 3234.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 22.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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| 02/20/14 - Introduced | |
| 05/21/14 - Amended Senate |
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