Lorena Gonzalez
- Democratic
Author
Existing law requires that the vote by mail ballot be available to any registered voter. Under existing law, a voter who is unable to return his or her vote by mail ballot may designate his or her spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, or person residing in the same household as the vote by mail voter to return the vote by mail ballot. Except in the case of a candidate or the spouse of a candidate, existing law prohibits the return of a voter's vote by mail ballot by one of those designees who is also a paid or volunteer worker of a general purpose committee, controlled committee, or any other group or organization at whose behest the individual designated to return the ballot is performing a service. This bill would remove those restrictions and instead authorize the designation of any person to return a vote by mail ballot. The bill would prohibit a person designated to return a vote by mail ballot from receiving any form of compensation, as defined, based on the number of ballots that the person has returned and would prohibit an individual, group, or organization from providing compensation on this basis. The bill would state that any person in charge of a vote by mail ballot who knowingly and willingly engages in criminal acts related to that ballot is subject to the appropriate punishment pursuant to existing law. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3017 of the Elections Code proposed by SB 450 that would become operative only if SB 450 and this bill are both chaptered and this bill is chaptered last.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 2016.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 6430.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 4975.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 4625.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 27).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1921 | HTML |
| 02/11/16 - Introduced | |
| 04/11/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/08/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/16 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/16 - Chaptered |
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