Roger Niello
- Republican
- Senator
- District 6
Author
The California Constitution provides that the electors may propose a statute or an amendment to the California Constitution by initiative and approve or reject a statute by referendum. An initiative measure may be proposed by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed statute or amendment to the Constitution and is certified to have been signed by the required number of electors, as prescribed. A referendum measure may be proposed by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the statute or part of the statute to be submitted to the electors, and is certified to have been signed by the required number of electors. Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, the California Constitution requires that a copy of the petition be submitted to the Attorney General, who must prepare a title and summary of the measure. Existing statutory law also directs the Attorney General to prepare the ballot label and the ballot title and summary that is included in the state voter information guide for each measure that appears on a statewide ballot. This measure would transfer from the Attorney General to the Legislative Analyst the duty of preparing the title and summary for a proposed initiative or referendum. The measure would also require, for each measure that appears on a statewide ballot, the Legislative Analyst to prepare the ballot label and the ballot title and summary for the state voter information guide.
September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Set for hearing September 1.
August 28 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing August 28.
From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 8.
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 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SCA3 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/20/23 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
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| 05/04/23- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 08/25/23- Senate Appropriations |
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