The California State Senate Elections Committee will hold a hearing on AB 583 on July 10. This is the public funding bill. It is mildly discriminatory against minor party members, but very discriminatory against independent candidates. It has already passed the Assembly.
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on SB 293 on June 27. This bill eases the deadline for the Republican Party to notify elections officials of its presidential and vice-presidential nominees. It only applies to 2008. Assuming this bill passes, it will be legal in all 50 states for the Republican Party to submit its national nominees as late as September 4, 2008. The bill has already passed the Senate.
Also scheduled for Senate committee hearings on July 10 are AB 1294, allowing non-chartered cities and counties to use IRV and choice voting, and AB 1662, making it possible for overseas absentee voters to get their runoff votes in on time by using a ranked ballot.