BILL NUMBER: AB 2455	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2016
	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   2147  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,   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.
  this provision.  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 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. 2.    Section 2147 is added to the  
Elections Code   , to read:  
   2147.  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 to submit an affidavit of voter registration
electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State in
accordance with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 2196). 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.