BILL NUMBER: AB 214	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  498
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 3, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 3, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 4, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Bloom, Brown, Stone, and
Ting)
   (Coauthor: Senator Corbett)

                        JANUARY 31, 2013

   An act to add Section 19104 to the Elections Code, relating to
voting.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 214, Skinner. Voting: state of emergency.
   Existing law designates the Secretary of State as the chief
elections officer of the state and requires him or her to study and
adopt regulations governing the use of voting machines, voting
devices, vote tabulating devices, and ballot marking systems.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State, by December 31,
2014, to establish, in consultation with county elections officials,
procedures and guidelines for voting in the event of a natural
disaster or other state of emergency. The bill would require the
Secretary of State to publish those procedures and guidelines on his
or her Internet Web site. The bill would also require the Secretary
of State to report to the Legislature, by December 31, 2014, on the
readiness of the state to hold elections during or following a
natural disaster or other state of emergency, as specified.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19104 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   19104.  (a) The Secretary of State shall do both of the following
by December 31, 2014:
   (1) In consultation with county elections officials, establish the
procedures and guidelines for voting in the event of a natural
disaster or other state of emergency. The Secretary of State shall
publish the procedures and guidelines on his or her Internet Web
site.
   (2) Submit a report to the Legislature on the readiness of the
state to hold elections during or following a natural disaster or
other state of emergency.
   (b) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is inoperative on December 31, 2018,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
   (2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of
the Government Code.