California Assembly Bill 1100 (2015)
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| Text: | AB 1100 |
| Sponsor(s): | Assembly Members Evan Low (D-28) and Richard Bloom (D-50) |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced: | February 27, 2015 |
| State house: | May 26, 2015 |
| State senate: | August 17, 2015 |
| Governor: | Gov. Jerry Brown (D) |
| Signed: | September 1, 2015 |
| Legal environment | |
| State law: | Ballot initiatives |
| Code: | Elections law |
| Section: | Section 9001 |
California Assembly Bill 1100 was introduced by Assembly Members Evan Low (D-28) and Richard Bloom (D-50) on February 27, 2015. It was approved in the California State Assembly on May 26, 2015. In the California State Senate, the bill was approved on August 17, 2015. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed AB 1100 into law on September 1, 2015.[1]
The law increased the initial filing fee required to start the ballot initiative process in California. The law was proposed as a way to prevent initiatives like the “Sodomite Suppression” Initiative, which was filed in 2015.[2]
Provisions
The following summary of AB 1100 was provided in the legislative counsel's digest:
| “ | Existing law requires a fee of $200 to be paid by the proponents when a proposed ballot initiative or referendum is submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary. This bill increased the filing fee from $200 to $2,000."[3] | ” |
| —Legislative counsel[2][1] | ||
Supporters and sponsors
Assembly Members Evan Low (D-28) and Richard Bloom (D-50), as well as other supporters of the proposal, said it would prevent proposals that were unlikely to generate enough support to make the ballot from being filed as initiatives. Supporters of AB 1100 said it would prevent misguided, frivilous and ridiculous initiatives. They pointed to the “Sodomite Suppression” Initiative filed in 2015 as an example, arguing that if the initiative's sponsor had been required to pay $2,000 instead of just $200, the initiative would probably never have been filed.[2]
Opposition
Opponents of the bill said it was an overreaction to a radical and ridiculous proposal. They also argued that AB 1100 would discourage citizens with important and serious ideas from using the state's initiative process.[2]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LegiScan, "Assembly Bill 1100 (2015)," accessed September 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Orange County Register, "Preserve state initiative process," April 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
