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California Assembly Bill 2093 (2014)
| Assembly Bill 2093 | |
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| Legislature: | California State Assembly |
| Text: | AB 2093 |
| Sponsor(s): | Asm. Shannon Grove (R-34) |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced: | February 20, 2014 |
| State house: | May 19, 2014 |
| State senate: | June 26, 2014 |
| Governor: | Jerry Brown (D) |
| Signed: | July 9, 2014 |
| Legal environment | |
| State law: | Signature verification |
| Code: | Elections code |
| Section: | Section 9014 |
| Impact on initiative rights | |
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California Assembly Bill 2093, which concerns the deadline for signature petition submissions, was introduced by Assembly Member Shannon Grove (R-34) on February 20, 2014. It was approved in the Assembly and the Senate on May 19 and June 26, respectively. Gov. Brown (D) signed AB 2093 in to law on July 9, 2014.[1]
Provisions
According to the legislative summary of AB 2093, the bill has the following effects:[1][2]
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Existing law provides that an initiative or referendum measure may be proposed by filing with elections officials a petition signed by a specified number of voters. Under existing law, the proponents of an initiative measure have 150 days to gather signatures and file the initiative petition, and the proponents of a referendum measure have 90 days to gather signatures and file the referendum petition. Under existing law generally, when the last day to perform an act falls on a holiday, the time in which to perform that act is extended to the next business day. This bill would specify that, if the final day to file an initiative or referendum petition falls on a holiday, as defined, the petition may be filed with the county elections official on the next business day.[3] |
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See also
- Changes in 2014 to laws governing ballot measures
- Laws governing ballot measures in California
- Laws governing the initiative process in California
- California State Assembly
- California State Senate
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LegiScan, "California Assembly Bill 2093," accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ California Legislation website, "California Assembly Bill 2093," accessed August 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
