BILL NUMBER: SB 654	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Leno and Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 654, as introduced, Leno. Ballot measure petitions:
translation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General, upon receipt of the
text of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, to prepare a
circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the
proposed measure.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation requiring the circulating title and summary of a proposed
initiative or referendum measure to be translated in a language
other than English.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation requiring the circulating title and summary of a proposed
initiative or referendum measure to be translated in a language
other than English.