Marc Berman
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 23
Author
Existing federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, requires a state to, among other things, establish procedures to register a person to vote for federal office by an application made simultaneously with a driver's license application. Existing state law requires, in conformance with federal law, that the Secretary of State and the Department of Motor Vehicles establish and implement the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter registration for qualified voters. Existing state law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to transmit to the Secretary of State specified information related to the person's eligibility to vote, which the person provides when applying for a driver's license or identification card. Existing state law provides that this information transmitted to the Secretary of State constitutes a completed affidavit of registration, and the Secretary of State is required to register the person to vote, unless the person affirmatively declines to register to vote or the person is ineligible to vote, or other specified conditions exist. This bill would require a driver's license or identification card application, renewal, or change of address notification, as specified, to include a voter registration application and would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to transmit the application to the Secretary of State according to specified deadlines. The bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to monitor the timeliness of its transmittals to the Secretary of State, and to provide the Secretary of State information regarding delays and irregularities in its ability to do so. The bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of State each to designate an employee to undertake specified responsibilities to ensure compliance with the California New Motor Voter Program and the National Voter Registration Act. The bill would require the Secretary of State to convene a task force that would provide advice and perform other duties with respect to implementing the California New Motor Voter Program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 5100 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 446 to be operative only if this bill and AB 446 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 2736.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2300.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1692.) (June 28).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 1647.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB796 | HTML |
| 02/16/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/06/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/30/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/07/21 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/13/21- Assembly Elections | |
| 04/23/21- Assembly Transportation | |
| 05/18/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/24/21- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 07/09/21- Senate Transportation | |
| 08/13/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/26/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/01/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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