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California Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
Aug. 27, 2012 AB 472 Authorizes Immunity for Reporting Drug Overdoses Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(55 - 24)
Yea
Aug. 24, 2012 AB 1081 Prohibits Excessive Detention of Undocumented Immigrants Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(48 - 26)
Yea
Aug. 16, 2012 SB 9 Sentence Reconsideration for Juvenile Offenders Bill Passed - House
(41 - 34)
Yea
April 12, 2012 AB 2127 Authorizes Work Release for Certain Offenders Bill Passed - House
(48 - 24)
Yea
Jan. 30, 2012 AB 327 Amends Three Strikes Law Bill Failed - House
(33 - 35)
Yea
Sept. 9, 2011 AB 1424 Suspending the Licenses of Delinquent Taxpayers Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(47 - 27)
Yea
Sept. 2, 2011 AB 353 DUI Inspection Checkpoints and Unlicensed Drivers Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(64 - 12)
Yea
March 17, 2011 AB 109 Criminal Justice Realignment Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(51 - 27)
Yea
Aug. 31, 2010 AB 2479 Penalties for Violations Committed with the Intent to Capture Images or Recordings of a Person Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(54 - 21)
Yea
Aug. 30, 2010 SB 1399 Expanding Medical Parole Eligibility Bill Passed - House
(44 - 32)
Yea
Aug. 30, 2010 SB 1317 Parental Crime for Chronic Truancy Bill Passed - House
(58 - 17)
Nay
Aug. 24, 2010 SB 399 Authorizing Youth Offenders to Appeal a Sentence of Life Without Parole Bill Failed - House
(34 - 38)
Yea
June 3, 2010 AB 2479 Penalties for Violations Committed with the Intent to Capture Images or Recordings of a Person Bill Passed - House
(56 - 16)
Yea
Aug. 31, 2009 SBx3 18 Correctional Law Amendments Bill Passed - House
(41 - 37)
Yea
July 24, 2009 ABX4 19 Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Revisions: In-Home Supportive Services Fraud Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(42 - 33)
Nay

About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes

Project Vote Smart provides easy access to Congressional and State voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation and final conference report vote versions (the compromised versions of bills passed in separate House and Senate versions). Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Descriptions of the votes are written by Vote Smart staff and based on information included in the Congressional Record, State House Journals, or Senate Journals, with additional background information from newspapers, magazines, etc. Vote Smart provides summaries for each selected key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the final version of the bill.

The Key Votes Program follows Project Vote Smart's strict policies, procedures and structure that guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. In order to ensure that all Key Votes are non-partisan in their selection and language, each is approved by a group of over 160 political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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