Bill Text: CA SB594 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Elections: redistricting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 320, Statutes of 2021. [SB594 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB594-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 594

Introduced by Senator Glazer

February 18, 2021

An act relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 594, as introduced, Glazer. Elections: local redistricting.

Existing law prescribes various requirements, procedures, and limitations with respect to adjusting a legislative body’s district boundaries.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would mitigate issues surrounding the potential delay in the release of census data and the effect of that delay on local redistricting.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would mitigate issues surrounding the potential delay in the release of data from the United States Census and the effect of that delay on local redistricting.