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In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June ...
In California, voting rights are restored to felons automatically after release from prison and discharge from parole. Probationers may vote. [ 13 ] Prior to 1978, only persons who had a certified medical excuse, or who could demonstrate that they would be out of town on Election Day, were allowed to vote absentee .
Under the state constitution, certain proposed changes to state laws may require mandatory referendums, and must be approved by voters before they can take effect. A measure placed on the ballot via petition can either be a vote to veto a law that has been adopted by the legislature (an optional referendum or "people's veto") or a new proposed ...
6 – Failed – Criminal Penalties and Laws. Public Safety Funding. Statute. 7 – Failed – Renewable Energy. Statute. 8 – Passed – Amends the California Constitution so that "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
"California Legislative Publications 1850 – 2009" – via HathiTrust. "California Government: Legislature: Historic Legislation in California". Library Guides. University of California Berkeley Library. "California Legislative History Research". Research Guides. University of California Berkeley School of Law Library.
The December 2018 killing of Ronil Singh re-inflamed debate over the new law, with some claiming that the law prevented the perpetrator from being deported before the murder took place. [15] Governor Brown has denied that Singh's murder by an illegal immigrant had anything to do with California's new sanctuary law. [16]
The question of whether Proposition 8 is a constitutional amendment or constitutional revision was ruled on by the California Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and found that it was not a revision and therefore would be upheld. They also declared that the same-sex marriages performed prior to the passing of Prop 8 would remain valid. [38]
California Assembly Bill 2439 (2018) Act for the Government and Protection of Indians; California Act to Save Lives; California Administrative Procedure Act; Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act; Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act; California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975; California Alien Land Law of 1913