BILL NUMBER: AB 2455	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Chiu and Bonta
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Gonzalez  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 2197.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
voter registration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2455, as amended, Chiu. Electronic voter registration: public
postsecondary educational institutions.
   Under existing law, a person may not be registered to vote except
by affidavit of registration. Pursuant to the Student Voter
Registration Act of 2003, the Secretary of State is required to
annually provide every high school, community college, California
State University, and University of California campus with voter
registration forms. The act also requires every community college and
California State University campus that operates an automated class
registration system, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to
permit students during the class registration process to apply to
register to vote online by submitting an affidavit of voter
registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary
of State. The act encourages the University of California to comply
with this provision.
   This bill would require the California State University and the
California Community Colleges to implement a process and the
infrastructure to allow a person who enrolls online at the
institution, to submit an affidavit of voter registration
electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State by
July 1, 2018. The bill would encourage the University of California
to comply with its provisions. By requiring community colleges to
provide a higher level of service, the 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.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
act, to take preliminary measures towards the establishment of an
automatic voter registration system for California citizens enrolled
at state public college and university campuses.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2197.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   2197.5.  No later than July 1, 2018, the California State
University and the California Community Colleges shall implement a
process and the infrastructure to allow a person who enrolls online
at the  institution,   institution  to
submit an affidavit of voter registration electronically on the
Internet Web site of the Secretary of State in accordance with this
chapter. The University of California is encouraged to coordinate
with the Secretary of State pursuant to this section.
  SEC. 3.  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.