Amended in Senate June 25, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 20, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 22, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 938

Introduced by Assembly Member Weber

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Section 2212 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 938, as amended, Weber. Voting: felons.

Under existing law, the county elections official is required to cancel the voter registration of a person who is presently imprisoned or on parole for conviction of a felony. The clerk of the superior court of each county, on the basis of the records of the court, is required to furnish to the chief elections official of the county a statement showing the names, addresses, and dates of birth of all persons who have been convicted of a felony since the clerk’s last report. The elections official is then required to cancel the affidavits of registration of those persons who are currently imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony.

This bill begin insert would exclude any person who was placed on probation, as specified, from the court clerk’s reports. The bill end insert would require that the statement also include the last four digits of the person’s social security number, if available. The bill also would specify that the county elections official is required to cancel the affidavit of registration of a person imprisoned or on begin delete state end delete parole for a felony conviction whose name, address, date of birth, and the last four digits of his or her social security number, if available, are the same as reported on the court clerk’s statement.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 2212 of the Elections Code is amended
to read:

2212.  

The clerk of the superior court of each county, on the
basis of the records of the court, shall furnish to the chief elections
official of the county, not less frequently than the first day of April
and the first day of September of each year, a statement showing
the name, address, date of birth, and, if available, the last four
digits of the social security number of each person who has been
convicted of a felony since the clerk’s last report begin insert , not including
any person who was placed on probation pursuant to Section 1203
of the Penal Code end insert . The elections official shall, during the first
week of April and the first week of September in each year, cancel
the affidavit of registration of each person who is currently
imprisoned or on begin delete state end delete parole for the conviction of a felony whose
name, address, date of birth, and, if available, the last four digits
of his or her social security number is the same as reported on the
court clerk’s statement. The clerk shall certify the statement under
the seal of the court.