Scott Wilk
- Republican
- Senator
- District 21
Author
Existing law requires a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the voter's signature appearing on specified voter registration records. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official to notify the voter of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature or provide a signature, as applicable. Existing law requires the elections official to accept the voter's ballot if the voter verifies the signature or provides a signature by no later than 2 days before the certification of the election. Existing law requires county elections officials during the official canvass period following an election to send reports to the Secretary of State regarding the number of unprocessed ballots. This bill would require county elections officials to include in those reports the number of vote by mail ballots that have been processed but not counted because the identification envelope is missing the voter's signature or has a signature that does not compare to the signature on file. This bill would additionally require the Secretary of State to make public the information contained in those reports. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would create 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.
July 5 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
June 21 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 0.) Reconsideration granted.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1304.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1181.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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 7. Noes 0. Page 424.) (March 21).
Set for hearing March 21.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB718 | HTML |
| 02/16/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/27/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/30/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/28/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/17/23- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 04/07/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/19/23- Assembly Elections |
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