Bill Text: CA ACA6 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Elections: disqualification of electors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 24, Statutes of 2020. [ACA6 Detail]

Download: California-2019-ACA6-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

No. 6

Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty, Bonta, Carrillo, Gipson, Gonzalez, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Mullin, Mark Stone, and Weber
(Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener)

January 28, 2019

A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending ~~Section 4~~ Sections 2 and 4 of Article II thereof, relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACA 6, as amended, McCarty. Elections: disqualification of electors.

The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the disqualification of electors while mentally incompetent or imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony. Existing statutory law, for purposes of determining who is entitled to register to vote, defines imprisoned as currently serving a state or federal prison sentence.

This measure would instead direct the Legislature to provide for the disqualification of electors who are serving a state or federal prison sentence for the conviction of a felony. This measure would also delete the requirement that the Legislature provide for the disqualification of electors while on parole for the conviction of a felony. The measure would provide for the restoration of voting rights upon completion of the prison term.

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

Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2019–20 Regular Session commencing on the third day of December 2018, 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:

First—

That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 2.

(a) A United States citizen 18 years of age and resident in this State may vote.

(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.

Second—

That Section 4 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 4.

The Legislature shall prohibit improper practices that affect elections and shall provide for the disqualification of electors while mentally incompetent or serving a state or federal prison ~~sentence~~ term for the conviction of a felony.