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
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.
Digest Key
Vote:
2/3
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2023–24 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.