BILL NUMBER: SB 1063	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 29, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to add Section 2105.7 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1063, as amended, Block. Voter registration: juvenile detention
facilities.
   Under existing law, a person is entitled to register to vote if he
or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in
prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and will be at
least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.
   This bill would require state and local juvenile detention
facilities to identify individuals housed in those facilities who are
of age to register to vote, to assist those individuals  in
determining their eligibility for registration   with
the completion of the voter registration card  , to provide
voter registration cards to eligible voters, and to transmit the
completed voter registration cards to the county elections official.
   By requiring local officials to perform additional duties, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2105.7 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   2105.7.  (a) A state or local juvenile detention facility,
including, but not limited to, a juvenile hall, juvenile ranch,
juvenile camp, or a facility of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Identify each individual housed in the facility who is of age
to register to vote.
   (2) Assist each individual identified pursuant to paragraph (1)
 in determining if he or she is entitled to register to vote,
within the meaning of Section 2101   with the
completion of the voter registration card, unless the individual
declines assistance  .
   (3) Provide a voter registration card to each individual housed in
the facility who is  entitled   of age  to
register to  vote but is not currently registered to vote.
  vote. 
   (4) Accept any completed voter registration cards and transmit the
cards to the county elections official pursuant to the requirements
of subdivision (b).
   (b) A facility providing voter registration cards pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall transmit a completed card to the county
elections official as follows:
   (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), within 10 days of receipt
from an individual housed in the facility.
   (2) Within five days of receipt from an individual housed in the
facility, if the voter registration card was received within five
days before the last day for registration to vote in an election.
   (c) A state or local juvenile detention facility is encouraged to
work with the Secretary of State to achieve compliance with the
requirements set forth in the federal National Voter Registration Act
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973gg et seq.) when providing voter
registration services pursuant to subdivision (a).
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.