Josh Newman
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 29
Author
(1) Existing law establishes procedures for the filing of a state initiative or referendum petition with county elections officials and for county elections officials and the Secretary of State to determine the validity and numerical sufficiency of the signatures submitted with the petition. Under existing law, if the number of signatures filed with all county elections officials is 100% or more of the number of signatures required, the Secretary of State is required to immediately notify county elections officials, who must then preliminarily determine the number of qualified voters who signed the petition, including by use of random sampling if the number of signatures exceeds 500. Thereafter, if the random sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is within 95 to 110% of the requisite number of qualified voters, the Secretary of State must order the examination and verification of the signatures filed, and within 30 days of this order, as specified, the elections official must determine the number of qualified voters who signed the petition. Existing law also permits an elections official to use a random sampling method to determine the number of qualified voters who signed a county, city, or special district initiative or referendum petition, or a local recall petition, if the number of signatures on the petition exceeds 500. If an elections official uses this method and if a specified percentage of valid signatures is demonstrated, the elections official must complete the determination of the number of qualified voters, in the case of a county, city, or special district petition, within 60 days of the date the petition was filed, as specified, and in the case of a local recall petition, within 30 days of the date the petition was filed, as specified. This bill would, with respect to an elections official using the random sampling method to verify signatures for any of the above petitions, extend by 30 days the period within which the official must complete their determination of the number of qualified voters, except when this extension could cause a recall election to be ineligible for consolidation with the next regularly scheduled election, as specified. (2) Existing law requires a person, to be included on the ballot as a candidate for municipal office, to obtain nomination papers from a city elections official and submit the nomination papers, with a requisite number of signatures, by no later than the 88th day before the election. This bill would require a city elections official to post or publish specified election information no later than 3 days before the deadline for the submission of nomination papers, as specified. The information required to be posted or published includes the list of open offices; whether the city elections official has provided nomination papers to incumbents to those offices; if, due to redistricting, there is no incumbent for an open office; the location where nomination papers may be obtained; and the location, dates, and hours of operation of the location where the nomination papers may be filed. (3) Existing law prescribes the required content of ballots. Existing law requires ballots to contain specified instructions for voters in presidential elections. This bill would repeal that requirement. (4) By increasing the duties of local elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 870, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2837.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 3351.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 16).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 1208.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 792.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 18.
March 21 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 21.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB386 | HTML |
| 02/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/30/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/05/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/18/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/13/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/17/23- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 05/03/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/19/23- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/18/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/07/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/14/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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