California 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SCA2 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/25/2023

                            Amended IN  Senate  April 25, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 2Introduced by Senator Stern(Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Gonzalez, Menjivar, and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Jackson, Kalra, Low, and Ting)February 16, 2023A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCA 2, as amended, Stern. Elecations: Elections: voter qualifications.The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote.This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.Digest Key Vote: 2/3  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextResolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202324 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:SEC. 2. (a) A United States citizen who is at least 17 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.

 Amended IN  Senate  April 25, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 2Introduced by Senator Stern(Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Gonzalez, Menjivar, and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Jackson, Kalra, Low, and Ting)February 16, 2023A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCA 2, as amended, Stern. Elecations: Elections: voter qualifications.The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote.This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.Digest Key Vote: 2/3  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Senate  April 25, 2023

Amended IN  Senate  April 25, 2023

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Constitutional Amendment 

No. 2

Introduced by Senator Stern(Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Gonzalez, Menjivar, and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Jackson, Kalra, Low, and Ting)February 16, 2023

Introduced by Senator Stern(Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Gonzalez, Menjivar, and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Jackson, Kalra, Low, and Ting)
February 16, 2023

A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, relating to elections. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCA 2, as amended, Stern. Elecations: Elections: voter qualifications.

The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote.This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.

The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote.

This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202324 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:

 That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:SEC. 2. (a) A United States citizen who is at least 17 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.

 That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

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SEC. 2. (a) A United States citizen who is at least 17 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.

SEC. 2. (a) A United States citizen who is at least 17 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.

SEC. 2. (a) A United States citizen who is at least 17 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.



SEC. 2. (a) A United States citizen who is at least 17 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.

(b) An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.