Fran Pavley
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides that the Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state and requires the Secretary of State to administer the provisions of the Elections Code. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to ensure the uniform application and administration of state election laws. Existing law sets forth procedures for processing vote by mail ballots and requires that all vote by mail ballots cast be received by the elections official or by the precinct board no later than the close of polls on election day. Under existing law, a vote by mail voter is required to return his or her voted vote by mail ballot either by returning the ballot by mail or in person to the elections official from whom it came or by returning the ballot in person to a member of a precinct board at a polling place within the jurisdiction. This bill would permit a vote by mail voter to return his or her voted vote by mail ballot to the elections official from whom it came at a vote by mail ballot drop-off location, as defined. The bill would require the Secretary of State, on or before January 1, 2017, to promulgate regulations establishing guidelines based on best practices for security measures and procedures that a county elections official may use if the county elections official establishes one or more vote by mail ballot drop-off locations and vote by mail ballot drop boxes, as defined.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 733, Statutes of 2015.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 23. Page 3025.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (July 8).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1201.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1152.) (May 28).
Set for hearing May 28.
May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 11.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 20.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 523.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 7.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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| SB365 | HTML |
| 02/24/15 - Introduced | |
| 05/04/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/10/15 - Enrolled | |
| 10/10/15 - Chaptered |
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