Bill Text: CA AB1308 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections: registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1308 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1308-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1308	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 2101 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1308, as introduced, Hagman. Elections: registration.
   Existing law specifies the qualifications for registration as a
voter and excludes from eligibility a person in prison or on parole
for the conviction of a felony. Under existing law, a person who
willfully allows himself or herself, or another person, to register
as a voter knowing that the registration qualifications are not met,
is guilty of a crime.
   This bill would additionally make a person on probation for the
conviction of a felony not eligible to register to vote, and would
provide that a prohibition against voting is a condition of
imprisonment, parole, or probation for conviction of a felony.
   Because the bill would create new crimes, it would impose 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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2101 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   2101.   (a)    A person entitled to register to
vote shall be a United States citizen, a resident of California, not
in prison or on parole  or probation  for the conviction of
a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next
election. 
   (b) A prohibition against voting while imprisoned for, or on
parole or probation for, the conviction of a felony shall be a
condition of that imprisonment, parole, or probation. 
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.