ELECTIONS

• AB 216 (Gonzalez Fletcher) Requires an elections official, when delivering a vote by mail (VBM) ballot to a voter, to include a return envelope with postage prepaid.

An act to amend Section 3010 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 306 (Gonzalez Fletcher) Requires a person who is designated by a vote by mail (VBM) voter to return the voter’s ballot to return the ballot in person or to put it in the mail no later than three days after receiving it from the voter or before the close of the polls on election day, whichever is sooner. Provides that a ballot will not be disqualified from being counted solely because it is returned or mailed more than three days after the designated person receives it from the voter.

An act to amend Sections 3011 and 3017 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 406 (McCarty) Prohibits a charter school from operating as or being operated by a for-profit corporation or a for-profit charter management organization, after July 1, 2019.

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 47604 of the Education Code, relating to charter schools.

• AB 666 (Aguiar-Curry) Requires a county elections official, if he or she posts a form on the Internet that candidates may use to submit candidate statements, to accept that form if it is submitted in accordance with timelines and procedures in state law.

An act to add Section 13307.7 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 1013 (Low) Requires a county elections official to permit a voter with a disability, or a military or overseas voter, to cast his or her ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail (VBM) system. Provides that these provisions do not apply to a county that conducts an election using vote centers, instead of polling places, pursuant to the California Voter’s Choice Act. Provides for these provisions to become operative on January 1, 2020.

An act to add Sections 3016.5 and 3116.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 1407 (McCarty) Provides for every eligible person to be pre-registered to vote automatically when that person applies for a driver’s license or state identification card, unless the person opts out. Makes corresponding changes.

An act to amend Sections 2262, 2263, 2265, 2266, 2267, 2268, 2269, and 2270 of the Elections Code, relating to voter registration.

• AB 1678 (Berman) Requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to adopt regulations that describe the best practices for storage and security of voter registration information. Requires a person who has received voter registration information, as specified, to disclose breaches in the security of the storage of that information. Makes it a misdemeanor to distribute specified false or misleading information regarding elections and voting with actual knowledge and intent to deceive.

An act to amend Section 18302 of, and to add Sections 2188.2 and 2188.3 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 2095 (Quirk-Silva) This bill provides that a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress, State Senator, or Assembly may be conducted within 180 days following the Governor’s election proclamation in order to consolidate the election or primary election with any regularly scheduled statewide or local election.

An act to amend Section 10703 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2123 (Cervantes) This bill permits a prospective plaintiff and a political subdivision to agree to extend the deadline by up to 90 days for completing the transition from an at-large to a district-based election system in accordance with the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA).

An act to amend Section 10010 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2125 (Quirk) Permits a county elections official to conduct risk-limiting audits in lieu of conducting a 1% manual tally beginning March 3, 2020, as specified.

An act to add Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 15365) to Chapter 4 of Division 15 of, and to repeal Section 15560 of, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2155 (Mullin) Makes various changes to state law governing the content and format of disclosure statements that are required to appear on communications sent by candidates and committees.

An act to amend Sections 84501, 84502, 84504.1, 84504.2, 84504.5, and 84504.3 of, and to add Section 84501.1 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 2172 (Weber) Makes various changes to provisions of state law regarding the determination of where individuals who are in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) are counted for the purposes of drawing district lines for Congress, the State Legislature, and the State Board of Equalization (BOE).

An act to amend Section 21003 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2188 (Mullin) Requires online platforms that sell political ads, as specified, to make specified information about those political ads available to the public. Makes various changes to the required format for disclosures on electronic media ads that are required by existing law.

An act to amend Sections 84504.3, 84504.4, and 84510 of, and to add Sections 84503.5 and 84504.6 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 2218 (Berman) This bill requires the Secretary of State (SOS), no later than January 1, 2020, to establish a system that counties may use that allows a vote by mail (VBM) voter to track his or her VBM ballot as it moves through the mail system and receive information as the VBM ballot is processed by the county elections official.

An act to add Section 3019.7 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2540 (Mullin) This bill requires a governing body with jurisdiction over school buildings or other public buildings to allow those buildings to be used as vote centers beginning up to 10 days prior to an election day, as specified.

An act to amend Sections 12283 and 12284 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2592 (Berman) Requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to include messages that promote awareness of, and encourage participation in, the census, as specified.

An act to amend Section 10 of, and to add Section 9088.5 to, the Elections Code, and to add Section 12172.6 to the Government Code, relating to the Secretary of State.

• AB 2665 (Salas) This bill clarifies that any jurisdiction having the necessary computer capability may start processing write-in votes on vote by mail (VBM) ballots on the 10th business day before an election for the purpose of tallying the votes.

An act to amend Section 15101 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2707 (Mullin) Requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to request proposals to establish a voter information Internet Web site that provides voters information on their elected federal, state, and local officials, as specified.

An act to add Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 11898) to Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to voters.

• AB 2835 (Calderon) This bill makes changes to ballot layout provisions of law to accommodate new voting technologies.

An act to amend Sections 301, 305.5, 13107, 13119, 13207, 13208, 13213, and 13241 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 2880 (Harper) Authorizes the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) to administer and enforce a local campaign finance ordinance or government ethics law upon mutual agreement between the FPPC and a local agency with a population of less than three million people, as specified.

An act to repeal Section 83123.7 of, and to repeal and add Section 83123.6 of, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 3075 (Berman) Creates the Office of Elections Cybersecurity (OEC) within the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS).

An act to add Section 10.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 3258 (Committee on Elections and Redistricting) Makes various minor, technical, and corresponding changes to the Elections Code.

An act to amend Sections 2187, 8106.5, 9094, 11325, and 13305 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 3259 (Committee on Elections and Redistricting) This bill makes various minor, technical, and corresponding changes to the Elections Code.

An act to amend Sections 1500, 2155, 6321, 6405, 6541, 6567, 6598, 6768, 8083, 9210, 10602, 11222, 12102, and 12104 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 25 (Portantino) This bill requires the County of Los Angeles to conduct a pilot project using an alternate election ballot order, as specified, under which local offices generally appear on the ballot before state and federal offices.

An act to add Sections 13109.7, 13109.8, and 13109.9 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 759 (McGuire) This bill permits a voter whose signature on his or her vote by mail (VBM) ballot identification envelope does not match the signature on file in the voter’s record to return a completed signature verification statement, as specified, in order to have his or her ballot counted.

An act to amend Section 3019 of the Elections Code, relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 869 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill makes statutory changes and provides appropriations relating to the Budget Bill on the subject of elections.

An act to repeal and add Section 23725 of the Government Code, and to repeal Section 46 of Chapter 53 of the Statutes of 2018, relating to elections, making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 1018 (Allen) This bill (1) permits specified local jurisdictions to use a hybrid redistricting commission; (2) permits school districts, community college districts, and special districts to create a redistricting commission; and (3) modifies some of the requirements for serving on a local redistricting commission.

An act to amend Sections 23000, 23001, 23002, and 23003 of, and to add Section 23004 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 1153 (Stern) This bill permits the proponent of a county, municipal, or special district initiative to withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been found sufficient by the elections official.

An act to add Sections 9118.5, 9215.5, and 9311 to the Elections Code, relating to initiatives.

• SB 1171 (Stern) Authorizes a county elections official to use a provisional ballot envelope as an affidavit of registration, as specified, and updates the definition of an “elector.”

An act to amend Sections 321 and 2162 of, and to add Section 2160 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 1239 (Hertzberg) This bill makes numerous substantive and technical changes related to the procedures associated with filing campaign and lobbying reports through the state’s new online campaign and lobbying activity disclosure system, also known as the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS).

An act to amend Sections 81004, 81007, 81007.5, 81008, 81009, 81010, 82006, 84101, 84101.5, 84102, 84103, 84108, 84200.8, 84203, 84204, 84204.5, 84211, 84213, 84215, 84219, 84223, 84504.2, 84602, 84605, 84606, 84612, 84615, 85200, 86100, 86103, 86104, 86105, 86107, 86108, 86109.5, 86114, 86116, and 86118 of, and to repeal Sections 84217 and 86109 of, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• SB 1250 (Bradford) Specifies, for the purposes of determining the domicile of a Member of the Legislature or a Representative in Congress for voting purposes, that the existence of certain conditions at one of the person’s residences do not override an existing conclusive presumption that establishes the person’s domicile.

An act to amend Section 2026 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.