Senate Standing Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments

So if you are a Member of this Committee, please come down to room 1200 so that we could hear from the one author and vote on this bill. Thank you. The Senate Committee on Elections and constitutional amendments will come to order. We are officially in order, so good afternoon and welcome.

We have one measure on our agenda today. We do not yet have a quorum so we will not call the roll quite yet. This is bill number AB 440 from Pelerin and Blakespear and I invite you, Assemblymember Pellerin to come forward and present the bill. We'll start as a Subcommittee. Yes. Thank you.

Thank you chair and Members, good to see some folks here today. AB 440 ensures that the education and climate bond measures that the Legislature is considering this week are able to appear on the November's general election ballot. Without this bill, those measures likely would not appear on the ballot until June 2026.

AB 440 also provides clarity to the Secretary of State on the placement and numbering of legislative ballot measures for the November ballot and cuts down on the number of ballot measures that voters are asked to decide this November by moving one legislative measure to the 2026 ballot. I respectfully ask where aye vote ,when you get a Committee.

Okay, thank you very much. Do we have any support witnesses in the room who are wishing to testify? Okay, seeing none. Do we have any opposition witnesses primary or wishing to testify? Okay, seeing none, we will move back to our Members for any discussion. Any Members wishing to have a discussion? Questions? Comments? No, seeing none.

Assembly Member Pellerin, would you like to close?

When you have your Committee Members here? I would respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Okay. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

So the motion. Well, we don't have a motion but it will be do pass going straight to the floor.

Thank you very much. Have a great day.

Okay, we need to establish a quorum. We now have enough Members to do so. So, Assistant, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Thank you. Do we have a motion on AB 440?

Move it.

Okay. Senator Menjivar moves AB 440 which is do pass and the measure will go straight to the floor. So. Assistant, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

It's 3-1 and it's on call. Senate elections is coming back to order. Assistant, please call the roll.

Lifting call on file item one, AB 440 motion is do pass. [Roll Call]

Thank you. It's 4-1. It's on call.

That's the only bill, right?

Yep. Okay, great. So let's lift the call on the one on item number one.

AB 440 motion is do pass. [Roll Call]

It's 5-1. It will remain on call. Okay, we're lifting the call on item one.

Item one, AB 440 motion is do pass. [Roll Call]

Okay, thank you very much. It is 6-1 and that bill is out and this Committee is officially adjourned.