Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee Archives

Bill to Dox Petition Signers to Politicians Targeted For Recall Pulled

April 21, 2021 11:32 amApril 21, 2021 11:34 am

A bill that would have required the State of California to give an elected official who is the subject of a recall election the names and addresses of every voter who signed the petition was removed from consideration this year...

Bill To Ban Paid Petition Signature Gatherers Faces Sen. Judiciary Comm. Vote

April 14, 2021 11:55 amApril 15, 2021 12:59 pm

A bill that would ban paying petition signature collectors by the signature faces a tough Judiciary Committee hearing in the coming days following a narrow passage of the bill in another committee earlier this week. Senate Bill 660, authored by...

Sen. Newman Wants to Dox Recall Petition Signers

April 14, 2021 6:11 amApril 14, 2021 12:46 pm

During state senate hearings on April 12th, State Senator Josh Newman approached Orrin Heatlie, lead proponent of the Gavin Newsom recall campaign. Heatlie was in attendance to testify against SB 663, sponsored by Senator Newman. SB 663 will “provide a mechanism...

Politicians Targeted For Recall Could Receive Names/Addresses of Every Voter who Signed Petition

April 12, 2021 2:51 pmApril 13, 2021 4:14 pm

A bill to require the State of California to provide an elected official who is the subject of a recall election the names and addresses of every voter who signed the petition faces a crucial committee vote this week. Senate...

Bill to Increase Transparency of Lobbying Activities Passed In Senate Committee

March 16, 2021 2:26 pm

On Monday, a bill that would increase the transparency of lobbying activities in the Capitol was approved unanimously by the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee. Senate Bill 305, authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee), would specifically amend the Political...

Mail-In Ballot Bill Passes Senate Committee, Moves Up to Appropriations

June 2, 2020 5:29 pmJune 3, 2020 11:49 am

On Tuesday, a bill that would authorize sending a mail-in ballot to every registered voter in California passed the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee by a vote of 4 to 1. One step forward for a second statewide ballot...

Senator Patricia Bates authored SB 57. (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Bill That Would Make Voter Registration at DMV Centers an Opt-In Process to be Reintroduced in January

December 18, 2019 8:13 pmDecember 19, 2019 9:06 am

Senate Bill 57, which would stop automatically registering all eligible voters to vote when they get a driver’s license at the DMV and revert it back to an opt-in system, will be back in front of the California legislature next...