Amended  IN  Senate  March 22, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 789

Introduced by Senator Allen Senators Allen and Wiener

February 17, 2023

An act to amend Section 14273 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. relating to elections, and calling an election, to take effect immediately.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 789, as amended, Allen. Elections: voting. Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session.
Existing law requires a constitutional amendment submitted to the people by the Legislature to appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal.
The Legislature enacted SCA 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session, which, if approved by the voters, would repeal provisions of the California Constitution that prohibit the development, construction, or acquisition of a low-rent housing project, as defined, by any state public body unless the project is approved by a majority of the qualified electors in the jurisdiction in which the project is proposed. Pursuant to the existing law described above, SCA 2 is scheduled to appear on the ballot at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.
This bill would call a special election to be consolidated with the statewide general election scheduled for November 5, 2024, and would require the submission of SCA 2 to the voters at that election.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an act calling an election.

Existing law allows, at a polling place, the device for marking the ballot to be handed to the voter with the voter’s ballot before the voter goes into the voting booth, and requires that the device be returned to the precinct board after the voter has finished marking the ballot.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

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

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


SECTION 1.

 A special election is hereby called to be held throughout the state on November 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session to the voters for their approval. The election shall be consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on that date. The consolidated election shall be held and conducted in all respects as if there were only one election and only one form of ballot shall be used.

SEC. 2.

 This act calls an election within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.
SECTION 1.Section 14273 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
14273.

The device for marking the ballot may be handed to the voter with the voter’s ballot before the voter goes into the voting booth, and shall be returned to the precinct board after the voter has finished marking the ballot.