(1) The California Constitution enables electors to initiate a recall of state officers by gathering sufficient signatures within a 160-day period. Upon certification by the Secretary of State that this requirement has been met, the California Constitution authorizes the Governor to call a recall election within 60 to 80 days or to consolidate it with a regularly scheduled election that is within 180 days of the certification of the signatures. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for recall elections, and existing statutes establish a procedural framework for certifying recall petitions and holding recall elections. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 10 days of receiving from one or more county elections officials a petition certified to have been signed by the stated number of registered voters, to transmit to each county elections official a certificate showing that fact, and showing the total number of signatures collected by the proponents.
(1) The California Constitution enables electors to initiate a recall of state officers by gathering sufficient signatures within a 160-day period. Upon certification by the Secretary of State that this requirement has been met, the California Constitution authorizes the Governor to call a recall election within 60 to 80 days or to consolidate it with a regularly scheduled election that is within 180 days of the certification of the signatures. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for recall elections, and existing statutes establish a procedural framework for certifying recall petitions and holding recall elections. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 10 days of receiving from one or more county elections officials a petition certified to have been signed by the stated number of registered voters, to transmit to each county elections official a certificate showing that fact, and showing the total number of signatures collected by the proponents.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 96 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — 52–27 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB96 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — 26–11 (pass) · upper
SB 96 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By GALLAGHER — 23–52 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-01-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-01-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2017-05-08 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 982.)
2017-05-08 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1034.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-05 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2017-06-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
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