Bill Text: CA SB684 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Initiative measures: withdrawal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-29 - From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 4420.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. [SB684 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB684-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 13, 2020 |
Amended
IN
Senate
January 06, 2020 |
Introduced by Senator |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires the Secretary of State to mail a specified number of copies of the state voter information guide and the full text of state measures to specified elections officials, Members of the Legislature, public libraries, and public schools and educational institutions.
This bill would reduce the number of copies the Secretary of State is required to send to the persons and institutions described above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 9604 of the Elections Code is amended to read:9604.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person may engage in good faith bargaining between competing interests to secure legislative approval of matters embraced in a statewide or local initiative or referendum measure, and the proponents may, as a result of these negotiations, withdraw the measure at any time before filing the petition with the appropriate elections official.SEC. 2.
Section 1 of this act shall become operative on January 1, 2021.(a)As soon as copies of the state voter information guide and copies of the full text of all measures described in subdivision (f) of Section 9086 are available, the Secretary of State shall immediately mail one copy to all of the following persons:
(1)Each county elections official or registrar of
voters.
(2)Each city elections official.
(3)Each Member of the Legislature.
(4)The proponents of each ballot measure.
(b)The
Secretary of State shall also mail:
(1)Two copies to each public library and branch of each public library.
(2)Five copies to each public high school or other public school teaching at least the 11th and 12th grades, and five copies to each public postsecondary educational institution.
(c)Upon request, and at the discretion of the Secretary of State, additional copies may be furnished to the persons and institutions described in this section.
(d)No later than one business day after receipt of a request
from a voter, the Secretary of State shall mail the full text of a state measure described in subdivision (f) of Section 9086 to the voter.