Bill Text: CA AB1263 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Election day procedures: privileges of voters.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB1263 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1263-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1263	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 14000 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1263, as introduced, Mullin. Election day procedures:
privileges of voters.
   Existing law allows a voter, without loss of pay, to take off
enough working time that, when added to the voting time available
outside of working hours, will enable the voter to vote if he or she
does not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote at a
statewide election. Existing law provides that no more than 2 hours
of the time taken off for voting shall be without loss of pay.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   14000.  (a) If a voter does not have sufficient time outside of
working hours to vote at a statewide election, the voter may, without
loss of pay, take off enough working time that, when added to the
voting time available outside of working hours, will enable the voter
to vote.
   (b) No more than two hours of the time taken off for voting shall
be without loss of pay. The time off for voting shall be only at the
beginning or end of the regular working shift, whichever allows the
most free time for voting and the least time off from the regular
working shift, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
   (c) If the employee on the third working day  prior to
  before  the day of  election, knows
  an election knows,  or has reason to 
believe   believe,  that time off will be necessary
to be able to vote on election day, the employee shall give the
employer at least two working days' notice that time off for voting
is desired, in accordance with this section.