Bill Text: CA SB24 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-07-06 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. [SB24 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB24-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 24

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Introduced by Senator Umberg

December 05, 2022

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An act to amend Sections 316, 340, 1000, 1001, 1201, and 1202 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 24, as introduced, Umberg. Elections: statewide direct primary.

Existing law requires the statewide direct primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four. Existing law requires the presidential primary election to be consolidated with this statewide direct primary election and to be held on the same date.

This bill would change the date of the presidential primary and consolidated statewide direct primary described above to an unspecified date.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 316 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

316.

 “Direct primary” is the primary election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March ___ in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.

SEC. 2.

 Section 340 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

340.

 “Presidential primary” is the primary election that is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March ___ of any year that is evenly divisible by four.

SEC. 3.

 Section 1000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

1000.

 The established election dates are as follows:

(a) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in March ___ of each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.

(b) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd-numbered year.

(c) The second Tuesday of April in each even-numbered year.

(d) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four.

(e) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year.

SEC. 4.

 Section 1001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

1001.

 The following are statewide elections and their dates are statewide election dates:

(a) An election held in November of an even-numbered year.

(b) An election held in June of an even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and in March ___ of each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.

SEC. 5.

 Section 1201 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

1201.

 The statewide direct primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March ___ in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.

SEC. 6.

 Section 1202 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

1202.

 The presidential primary shall be consolidated with the statewide direct primary in any year that is evenly divisible by four, and the consolidated primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March. ___.