BILL NUMBER: SB 768	CHAPTERED  10/05/07

	CHAPTER  305
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 11, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett
   (Coauthor: Senator Calderon)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Sections 2138.5 and 18111 to the Elections Code,
relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 768, Corbett. Misuse of voter registration information.
   Existing law requires individuals and organizations that
distribute voter registration cards to return the completed cards
from voters to the appropriate elections official or to deposit the
cards in the postal service within 3 days of receiving them.
   Existing law also provides a procedure that permits an elector to
entrust his or her completed affidavit of registration to another
person for return to the appropriate elections official.
   This bill would provide that an affiant's driver's license number,
identification card number, and social security number are
confidential and would make it an infraction, punishable by a fine
not to exceed $500, except as specified, for any person, individual,
or organization to knowingly disclose this information from an
affidavit of registration or a voter registration card that was
distributed to a voter, or entrusted by the elector to another
person.
   By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2138.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   2138.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an affiant's
driver's license number, identification card number, and social
security number, contained on an affidavit of registration or voter
registration card, are confidential and shall not be disclosed by an
individual or organization that distributes voter registration cards
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2158, or by any person
entrusted with an affidavit of registration from an elector pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2158. However, this
section shall not be construed to prohibit a person entrusted with an
affidavit of registration from an elector pursuant to paragraph (1)
of subdivision (b) of Section 2158 from returning that affidavit to
the person or organization that distributed the voter registration
card pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2158.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18111 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   18111.  Any person, individual, or organization that knowingly
violates Section 2138.5 is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a
fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Prosecution for a
violation of Section 2138.5 shall not prohibit prosecution under any
other applicable provision of law.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.