Bill Text: CA ACA13 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

Bill Title: Voting thresholds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 176, Statutes of 2023. [ACA13 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ACA13-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

No. 13

Introduced by Assembly Member Ward

July 13, 2023

A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, relating to ballot measures.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACA 13, as introduced, Ward. Ballot measures.

Under the California Constitution, the Legislature may propose an amendment to the Constitution, as specified. The Constitution permits voters to vote upon various statewide measures appearing on the ballot, including constitutional amendments, initiative statutes, and referenda. The Constitution also permits initiative and referendum powers to be exercised by local voters under procedures provided by the Legislature.

This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to propose an amendment to the Constitution relating to ballot measures.

Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2023–24 Regular Session, commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:

It is the intent of the Legislature to propose an amendment to the Constitution relating to ballot measures.