BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1063 (Block)
As Amended August 14, 2014
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE : 21-12
ELECTIONS 5-1 APPROPRIATIONS 12-5
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|Ayes:|Fong, Bonta, Hall, Perea, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bocanegra, |
| |Rodriguez | |Bradford, |
| | | |Ian Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Eggman, Gomez, Holden, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Weber |
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|Nays:|Donnelly |Nays:|Bigelow, Donnelly, Jones, |
| | | |Linder, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Requires state and local juvenile detention
facilities, as specified, to identify individuals housed in
those facilities who are of age to register to vote and not in
prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and to
provide and assist in completing affidavits of registration and
returning the completed voter registration cards, as specified.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires a state or local juvenile detention facility,
including, but not limited to, a juvenile hall, juvenile
ranch, juvenile camp, or a facility of the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Division
of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to do all of the following:
a) Identify each individual housed in the facility that is
of age to register to vote and not in prison or on parole
for the conviction of a felony.
b) Provide an affidavit of registration to each individual
housed in the facility who is of age to register to vote
and not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a
felony by doing either of the following:
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i) Providing the individual a paper affidavit of
registration; or,
ii) Directing the individual to an affidavit of
registration provided on the Internet Web site of the
Secretary of State (SOS).
c) Assist each individual in the facility that is of age to
register to vote and not in prison or on parole for the
conviction of a felony with the completion of an affidavit
of registration, unless the individual declines assistance.
2)Requires a facility providing paper affidavits of registration
to do either of the following:
a) Assist the individual who completed the voter
registration card in returning the completed card to the
county elections official; or
b) Accept any completed voter registration card and
transmit the card to the county elections official.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)Any additional costs to counties to register eligible
juveniles would be state reimbursable, but should be
relatively minor, and thus would not likely lead to any
significant mandate claim.
The number of juveniles that would be registered annually
statewide as a result of this bill would be relatively small.
According to information in the Board of State and Community
Corrections Juvenile Detention Profile Survey for calendar
year 2013, average monthly bookings into county juvenile
facilities totaled about 5,300 or almost 64,000 annually.
However, this total does not account for individuals being
booked multiple times during the year. Moreover, according to
the report, only about 14% of the juveniles in detention on a
one-day snapshot were over 18 years of age and thus eligible
to register, and any of this cohort convicted of a felony
would not be eligible to register. Finally, some eligible
juveniles would likely refuse registration.
2)Negligible fiscal impact to the state.
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COMMENTS : According to the author, "?SB 1063 encourages civic
participation amongst a hard-to-reach population while
simultaneously addressing low youth voter turnout.
Additionally, productive participation in society, such as
voting, reduces recidivism."
On the local level, existing law requires the facility
administrator of each local detention facility to adopt written
policies and procedures whereby the county registrar of voters
allows those qualified voters in the detention facility to vote.
Despite the fact that these procedures are adopted at each
facility and therefore may not result in uniformity across the
state, they are currently in place and provide inmates at the
detention facility with information regarding their voting
rights. Additionally, last year the Legislature passed and the
Governor signed AB 149 (Weber), Chapter 580, Statutes of 2013,
which requires a county probation department to either establish
a hyperlink on its Internet Web site to the SOS's voting rights
guide for incarcerated persons, or to post a notice that
contains the SOS Internet Web site address where the voting
rights guide can be found
Additionally, on the state level, the CDCR DJJ has a policy in
place pertaining to voting which requires the DJJ to advise
eligible wards that are 18 years of age and over of their right
to register and vote, provide voter registration forms obtained
from the county clerks, assist the ward in completing the voter
registration form, and ensure that eligible voters are provided
with the ballot, as specified.
Please see the policy committee analysis for a full discussion
of this bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Nichole Becker / E. & R. / (916)
319-2094
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0004651
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