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CA AB2841

CA AB2841
Disqualification from voting.


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Introduced
02/18/2022
In Committee
08/11/2022
Crossed Over
05/25/2022
Passed
08/30/2022
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
09/29/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 Session

Bill Summary

An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 2201, 2208, 2209, 2210, and 2211 of, and to add Sections 2211.5 and 2214 to, the Elections Code, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 5358.3 and 5364 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elections.

AI Summary

This bill would require the clerk of the superior court of each county to notify the Secretary of State each month of findings made by the court regarding a person's competency to vote and the number of court proceedings related to the determination of a person's competency to vote. The Secretary of State would then provide this information to the appropriate county elections official, who must proceed to cancel the person's registration or notify the person that their right to vote has been restored, as applicable. The bill would also require the Secretary of State to post a monthly report on disqualifications and restorations of voting rights, and to provide training to court officers and elections officials on these requirements. The provisions of the bill would become operative on January 1, 2024 and would impose a state-mandated local program.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs, Justice

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 807, Statutes of 2022. (on 09/29/2022)

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