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SENATE BILL 1547 (SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND REAPPORTIONMENT – 1994)

CHAPTER 920, STATUTES OF 1994, SB 1547

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The Elections Code was repealed and re enacted in 1994 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 1547.  (See Exhibits #1c)  The Senate Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, which was chaired by Senator Milton Marks, introduced Senate Bill 1547 on February 17, 1994.  (See Exhibit #1a)

The Senate Committee on Elections and Reapportionment considered the policy issues raised by the bill.  (See Exhibit #3)  Senate Bill 1547 was approved by the Senate, unamended, and forwarded to the Assembly on April 28, 1994.  (See Exhibit #2)

While in the Assembly, the Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments considered the policy issues raised by the bill.  (See Exhibit #7)  One amendment was made to Senate Bill 1547 by the Assembly, on June 6, 1994.  (See Exhibit #2)  The Assembly thereafter approved the bill and returned it to the Senate.  (See Exhibit #2)

The Senate approved the Assembly amendments and forwarded Senate Bill 1547 to the Governor on September 20, 1994.  Governor Pete Wilson signed the bill on September 27, 1994, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 28, 1994 as Chapter 920 of the Statutes of that year.  (See Exhibits #1c and #2) 

In his letter to Governor Wilson, Senator Marks states as follows regarding this legislation:

Senate Bills 1546 and 1547 are the results of a mammoth collaborative effort by elections officials and the Legislature to reorganize and renumber the Elections Code and its cross references found in other codes.

It is important to note that these measures make no substantive changes to the code -- they merely make it more “user friendly.”
(See Exhibit #4, document SP-4)