BILL NUMBER: SB 903	CHAPTERED  07/25/01

	CHAPTER  104
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 25, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 25, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 12, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 16, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Elections and Reapportionment

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Section 14222 of the Elections Code, relating to
voting.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 903, Committee on Elections and Reapportionment.  Voters
accompanied by children.
   Existing law permits a voter to be accompanied in the voting booth
area by a child or children under the age of 13 years, if the child
or children are in the voter's care and the voter is unable to find
other care for the child or children while the voter is voting.
   This bill would allow a voter to be accompanied in the voting
booth by a child or children under the age of 18 years, and would
eliminate the requirement that the voter have no other method of
temporary care for the child or children.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14222 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   14222.  Nothing contained in this code shall prevent a voter from
being accompanied by a child or children under the age of 18 years
while the voter is within the voting booth area if the child is, or
children are, under the voter's care.