Scott D. Wiener
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 11
Author
Existing law requires that the ballots used when voting upon a measure proposed by a local governing body or submitted to the voters as an initiative or referendum measure, including a measure authorizing the issuance of bonds or the incurrence of debt, have printed on them a true and impartial statement describing the purpose of the measure. If the proposed measure imposes a tax or raises the rate of a tax, existing law requires the ballot to include in the statement of the measure the amount of money to be raised annually and the rate and duration of the tax to be levied. Existing law requires the ballot label contain no more than 75 words. This bill would exempt from this requirement a measure that imposes or increases a tax with more than one rate or authorizes the issuance of bonds. If the proposed measure imposes or increases a tax with more than one rate, or authorizes the issuance of bonds, this bill would require that the ballot include in the statement of the measure to be voted on an estimate of the amount of money to be raised annually and the rate and the duration of the tax to be levied. This statement, which may contain bullet points, would not count toward any word limit that applies to the statement of the measure. If including the fiscal disclosure in the ballot would result in the total number of words on the ballot label to exceed the 75 word limit and would necessitate the printing of an extra ballot card compared to the ballot labels not exceeding the 75 word limit, the type size of the fiscal disclosure may be reduced by the minimal amount needed to stop from necessitating an extra ballot card, as long as the type size is no smaller than 8-point, and as long as the type size is reduced by the same amount for all ballot measures. By imposing new duties on local elections officials, the 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.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
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 6. Noes 1. Page 792.) (April 18).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Set for hearing April 18.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 683.) (April 12).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set for hearing April 12.
March 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 29.
Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E. & C.A.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB532 | HTML |
| 02/14/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/30/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/25/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/23- Senate Governance and Finance | |
| 04/17/23- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 05/05/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/25/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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