On July 19, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed SB 568. This is the bill that moves primaries for all offices, in all election years (midterm as well as presidential), from June to March.
The vote was 12-4. The four “no” votes were all cast by Republicans: Frank Bigelow, William Brough, Vince Fong, and Jay Obernolte. The bill now goes to the Assembly floor. Assuming it passes there, then it must go back to the Senate because the bill has been amended since it passed the Senate. The amendment made the bill applicable to midterm years.
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Richard:
Considering that this was amended to now apply to 2018, if signed in time, do you know what day it is that Governor Brown needs to sign it to apply to the 2018 elections?
The bill was amended to apply to all elections starting with 2020. The bill will apply to 2022, 2024, 2026, etc. But it won’t apply to 2018.
@Richard Winger,
They probably didn’t want the recall election to be in March, if their scheme to change the recall procedure is upheld.