Limón
Author
Existing 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 law requires the department to transmit to the Secretary of State specified information related to a person's eligibility to vote, which the person provides when applying for a driver's license or identification card or when the person notifies the department of an address change. Existing law requires that if this information transmitted to the Secretary of State constitutes a completed affidavit of registration, the Secretary of State must register or preregister the person to vote, as applicable, unless the person affirmatively declines to register or is ineligible to vote, as specified. This bill would require the Secretary of State and the department to develop a process for the department to use information from the statewide voter registration database to determine whether a person who submits a driver's application is already registered or preregistered to vote in the state. The bill would require the department, based upon this determination, to transmit specified information provided by the person during their transaction with the department to the Secretary of State for the purpose of registering or preregistering that person to vote or to update their registration information. The bill would prohibit the department from providing a person the opportunity to attest to meeting voter eligibility requirements when they submit a driver's license application, if the person provides a document to the department during the transaction demonstrating that the person is not a United States citizen. The bill would permit the Secretary of State, upon a determination that adequate technology infrastructure exists, to promulgate regulations concerning the establishment of a list of individuals who are eligible to be preapproved for voter registration, as specified.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
Re-referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 1252.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1164.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 10.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 473.) (March 22).
Set for hearing March 22.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB299 | HTML |
| 02/02/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/27/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/13/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/27/24 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/22/23- Senate Health | |
| 04/07/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/24/24- Assembly Elections | |
| 06/25/24- Assembly Elections | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Transportation |
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