WEBVTT 00:00:23.623 --> 00:00:24.457 THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON 00:00:24.524 --> 00:00:25.658 ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL 00:00:25.725 --> 00:00:28.495 AMENDMENTS WILL COME TO ORDER. 00:00:28.561 --> 00:00:31.865 WE HAVE TWO BILLS THAT WE ARE 00:00:31.931 --> 00:00:35.068 HEARING TODAY, AND NEITHER 00:00:35.135 --> 00:00:36.469 AUTHOR IS HERE YET. BUT WE DO 00:00:36.536 --> 00:00:37.871 HAVE A QUORUM. SO LET'S JUST 00:00:37.937 --> 00:00:42.942 ESTABLISH A QUORUM. SENATORS. 00:00:43.009 --> 00:00:44.377 WIENER. PRESENT. WIENER. 00:00:44.444 --> 00:00:48.081 PRESENT. CHOI. CHOI HERE. ALLEN. 00:00:48.148 --> 00:00:50.817 ALLEN HERE. CERVANTES. HAMBURG. 00:00:50.884 --> 00:00:52.619 HAMBURG HERE. OKAY, WE HAVE 00:00:52.685 --> 00:00:55.488 ESTABLISHED A QUORUM, AND WE 00:00:55.555 --> 00:00:58.091 ARE JUST WAITING FOR OUR TWO 00:00:58.158 --> 00:01:00.627 AUTHORS TO ARRIVE. AND SO WE 00:01:00.693 --> 00:01:02.429 WILL BRIEFLY RECESS UNTIL WE 00:01:02.495 --> 00:01:28.588 HAVE AN AUTHOR HERE. 00:01:28.655 --> 00:01:30.723 WE ARE 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:36.162 GOING TO CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE, 00:01:36.229 --> 00:01:37.931 8282 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:01:37.997 --> 00:01:40.033 PELLERIN, WHO IS HERE. WELCOME, 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:41.201 ASSEMBLY MEMBER, AND YOU MAY 00:01:41.267 --> 00:01:44.471 PROCEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 00:01:44.537 --> 00:01:47.307 CHAIR AND MEMBERS. JUST THIS 00:01:47.373 --> 00:01:50.510 YEAR IN CALIFORNIA AND GEORGIA, 00:01:50.577 --> 00:01:52.312 CONSPIRACY THEORISTS SEEKING TO 00:01:52.378 --> 00:01:53.746 UNDERMINE LONG AGO CERTIFIED 00:01:53.813 --> 00:01:55.682 ELECTION RESULTS SEIZED AND 00:01:55.748 --> 00:01:57.016 ATTEMPTED TO SEIZE BALLOTS AND 00:01:57.083 --> 00:02:00.253 ELECTION RECORDS. THESE ACTIONS 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:02.589 ARE ABHORRENT TO STATE AUTONOMY 00:02:02.655 --> 00:02:04.958 AND AUTHORITY OVER ELECTIONS, 00:02:05.024 --> 00:02:06.759 BUT THE CHAOS AND THREAT TO OUR 00:02:06.826 --> 00:02:08.027 ELECTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN 00:02:08.094 --> 00:02:09.963 MORE DEVASTATING HAD THESE BAD 00:02:10.029 --> 00:02:12.131 ACTORS ENGAGED IN THIS CONDUCT. 00:02:12.198 --> 00:02:13.766 BEFORE ELECTION RESULTS HAD 00:02:13.833 --> 00:02:16.603 BEEN CERTIFIED. ÁP, 22, SEEKS 00:02:16.669 --> 00:02:18.037 TO PREVENT THE GRAVEST THREAT 00:02:18.104 --> 00:02:19.706 TO OUR ELECTIONS BY PREVENTING 00:02:19.772 --> 00:02:21.908 ANY ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE BALLOTS, 00:02:21.975 --> 00:02:23.676 ELECTION RECORDS AND CERTIFIED 00:02:23.743 --> 00:02:26.546 VOTING TECHNOLOGY BEFORE 00:02:26.613 --> 00:02:29.082 ELECTIONS RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED. 00:02:29.148 --> 00:02:31.251 A B2A2 MAKES CLEAR THAT 00:02:31.317 --> 00:02:32.318 INTERFERING WITH BALLOTS OR 00:02:32.385 --> 00:02:34.120 VOTING EQUIPMENT BEFORE AN 00:02:34.187 --> 00:02:35.588 ELECTION IS CERTIFIED IS A 00:02:35.655 --> 00:02:37.724 SERIOUS OFFENSE WITH SERIOUS 00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:39.125 CONSEQUENCES. SPECIFICALLY, IT 00:02:39.192 --> 00:02:40.960 WILL MAKE IT A FELONY TO SEIZE, 00:02:41.027 --> 00:02:42.729 CAUSE OR ASSIST IN THE SEIZURE 00:02:42.795 --> 00:02:44.564 OF BALLOTS, ELECTION RECORDS OR 00:02:44.631 --> 00:02:46.699 CERTIFIED VOTING TECHNOLOGY 00:02:46.766 --> 00:02:48.134 BEFORE ELECTION RESULTS ARE 00:02:48.201 --> 00:02:49.536 CERTIFIED BY THE ELECTIONS 00:02:49.602 --> 00:02:50.637 OFFICIAL, PUNISHABLE UP TO 00:02:50.703 --> 00:02:53.540 THREE YEARS IN PRISON. IT 00:02:53.606 --> 00:02:55.308 FURTHER PROHIBITS ANY PERSON 00:02:55.375 --> 00:02:57.176 WITH AUTHORITY FROM DIRECTING 00:02:57.243 --> 00:02:58.978 SOMEONE IN THEIR SUPERVISION TO 00:02:59.045 --> 00:03:00.747 DO THE SAME, PUNISHABLE BY UP 00:03:00.813 --> 00:03:03.650 TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. THE 00:03:03.716 --> 00:03:04.784 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND 00:03:04.851 --> 00:03:06.519 THOSE SEEKING TO SPREAD LIES 00:03:06.586 --> 00:03:08.688 ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY CONTINUE TO 00:03:08.755 --> 00:03:10.523 CALL FOR INTERFERENCE IN 00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:12.592 ELECTIONS IN WAYS NEVER SEEN 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:15.161 BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, 00:03:15.228 --> 00:03:16.996 WITH INCREASING THREATS TO THE 00:03:17.063 --> 00:03:18.398 INTEGRITY OF OUR STATE 00:03:18.464 --> 00:03:19.832 ADMINISTERED ELECTIONS, 00:03:19.899 --> 00:03:22.035 CALIFORNIA MUST ENSURE THAT 00:03:22.101 --> 00:03:24.137 EVERY LAWFULLY CAST VOTE CAN BE 00:03:24.203 --> 00:03:25.605 COUNTED AND THAT THE WILL OF 00:03:25.672 --> 00:03:28.107 THE VOTERS IS RESPECTED. AND WE 00:03:28.174 --> 00:03:29.943 MUST BE A STEP AHEAD OF ANY 00:03:30.009 --> 00:03:32.145 ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE OUR 00:03:32.211 --> 00:03:33.846 ELECTIONS. SO I HAD SOMEONE 00:03:33.913 --> 00:03:35.348 HERE. OH, YES. YOU'RE HERE TO 00:03:35.415 --> 00:03:37.116 TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS BETH 00:03:37.183 --> 00:03:38.985 MALINOWSKI WITH THE GOVERNMENT 00:03:39.052 --> 00:03:40.720 RELATIONS ADVOCATE FOR SEIU 00:03:40.787 --> 00:03:42.488 CALIFORNIA. GOOD AFTERNOON, 00:03:42.555 --> 00:03:43.590 CHAIR AND MEMBERS BETH 00:03:43.656 --> 00:03:45.458 MALINOWSKI, CALIFORNIA. PROUD 00:03:45.525 --> 00:03:47.927 SUPPORT OF AB 282. AS 00:03:47.994 --> 00:03:49.395 CALIFORNIA IS COMMITTED TO 00:03:49.462 --> 00:03:50.496 SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE, 00:03:50.563 --> 00:03:51.931 A RIGHT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER 00:03:51.998 --> 00:03:53.399 ACTIVE ATTACK AT THE FEDERAL 00:03:53.466 --> 00:03:54.834 LEVEL. THESE GROWING THREATS 00:03:54.901 --> 00:03:56.169 HIGHLIGHT WHY CALIFORNIA MUST 00:03:56.235 --> 00:03:57.670 ACT NOW AND TO STRENGTHEN 00:03:57.737 --> 00:03:59.038 CALIFORNIA LAW AHEAD OF THIS 00:03:59.105 --> 00:04:01.307 YEAR'S ELECTIONS. BUILDING ON 00:04:01.374 --> 00:04:02.909 PRIOR ELECTION SAFEGUARDING 00:04:02.976 --> 00:04:06.779 BILLS, BOTH AB 282 AND SB 529 00:04:06.846 --> 00:04:08.448 BY SENATOR WAHAB ARE AN 00:04:08.514 --> 00:04:09.482 ELECTION PROTECTION LEGISLATIVE 00:04:09.549 --> 00:04:11.217 PACKAGE, ENSURING CALIFORNIANS 00:04:11.284 --> 00:04:12.518 HAVE THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN 00:04:12.585 --> 00:04:14.554 OUR ELECTION SYSTEMS. AS NOTED 00:04:14.621 --> 00:04:15.955 BY THE AUTHOR, THE BILL WOULD 00:04:16.022 --> 00:04:17.457 PREVENT THE DISRUPTION OF 00:04:17.523 --> 00:04:18.958 ELECTION RESULT CERTIFICATION 00:04:19.025 --> 00:04:20.326 BY ESTABLISHING THIS NEW FELONY 00:04:20.393 --> 00:04:21.494 RELATING TO THE SEIZING, 00:04:21.561 --> 00:04:22.528 ASSISTING OR DIRECTING OF 00:04:22.595 --> 00:04:24.297 SEIZURE, ELECTION RECORDS, 00:04:24.364 --> 00:04:26.132 BALLOTS OR CERTIFIED VOTING 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:27.166 TECHNOLOGY BEFORE ELECTION 00:04:27.233 --> 00:04:28.568 RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED. IN 00:04:28.635 --> 00:04:29.969 CLOSING, WE STAND WITH THE 00:04:30.036 --> 00:04:31.137 LEGISLATURE IN CREATING NEW 00:04:31.204 --> 00:04:32.572 PROTECTIONS AND SAFEGUARDS TO 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:34.340 GUARANTEE A FREE AND FAIR 00:04:34.407 --> 00:04:35.341 ELECTION. AND WITH THAT, 00:04:35.408 --> 00:04:36.442 RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE 00:04:36.509 --> 00:04:40.146 TODAY. GREAT. IS THERE ANY 00:04:40.213 --> 00:04:42.649 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AB 282? 00:04:42.715 --> 00:04:44.183 PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE 00:04:44.250 --> 00:04:47.720 YOUR NAME, ORGANIZATION IF ANY. 00:04:47.787 --> 00:04:49.155 GOOD AFTERNOON, IGNACIO 00:04:49.222 --> 00:04:50.256 HERNANDEZ. ON BEHALF OF 00:04:50.323 --> 00:04:53.760 VERIFIED VOTING AND SUPPORT. 00:04:53.826 --> 00:04:55.628 GOOD AFTERNOON JESSICA WITH 00:04:55.695 --> 00:04:57.330 CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. ANY 00:04:57.397 --> 00:04:59.866 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT? SEEING NONE. 00:04:59.932 --> 00:05:02.635 IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO AB 00:05:02.702 --> 00:05:06.239 282? ANY OPPOSITION? OKAY. 00:05:06.305 --> 00:05:06.973 SEEING NONE, WE'LL BRING IT 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:08.408 BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. ANY 00:05:08.474 --> 00:05:10.610 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR 00:05:10.677 --> 00:05:14.547 MOTIONS, COLLEAGUES? MR. VICE 00:05:14.614 --> 00:05:19.986 CHAIR. THIS SUMMARY OF THIS 00:05:20.053 --> 00:05:27.527 BILL STATES THAT. IT WILL BE. 00:05:27.593 --> 00:05:32.198 PROHIBITED. ANYONE WHO SEIZES 00:05:32.265 --> 00:05:36.602 OR CAUSES OR ASSISTS IN THE 00:05:36.669 --> 00:05:39.038 SEIZURE OF BALLOTS ELECTION. SO 00:05:39.105 --> 00:05:41.507 DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S NO 00:05:41.574 --> 00:05:46.579 EXCEPTION? EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 00:05:46.646 --> 00:05:51.718 AUTHORITY UNDER THE. A JUDICIAL 00:05:51.784 --> 00:05:55.621 WARRANT WITH THE OFFICE, THE 00:05:55.688 --> 00:05:59.192 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACTING 00:05:59.258 --> 00:06:01.728 WITH SUCH AN AUTHORITY THAT THE 00:06:01.794 --> 00:06:03.830 JUDICIAL WARRANT HAS BEEN 00:06:03.896 --> 00:06:08.534 PROVIDED. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, 00:06:08.601 --> 00:06:10.737 ANYONE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 00:06:10.803 --> 00:06:15.842 THE JUDICIAL WORD COME IN. AND 00:06:15.908 --> 00:06:17.944 FOR WHATEVER REASON, I HOPE 00:06:18.010 --> 00:06:20.780 NOTHING LIKE THAT WILL HAPPEN. 00:06:20.847 --> 00:06:25.118 BUT NOW. YOUR BILL SAYS ANYONE. 00:06:25.184 --> 00:06:27.620 NO EXCEPTION. IT WOULD PROHIBIT 00:06:27.687 --> 00:06:30.556 THE SEIZURE OF BALLOTS UNLESS 00:06:30.623 --> 00:06:32.325 THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE 00:06:32.391 --> 00:06:34.160 ELECTIONS OFFICIAL FOR CHAIN OF 00:06:34.227 --> 00:06:35.895 CUSTODY, FOR TRANSPORT OR 00:06:35.962 --> 00:06:39.499 SECURITY. SO IF THERE'S A WITH 00:06:39.565 --> 00:06:41.801 THIS KIND OF AUTHORITY, WITH 00:06:41.868 --> 00:06:44.237 THE AGREEMENT. MAY I COME IN? I 00:06:44.303 --> 00:06:46.405 HAVE A WARRANT HERE. THEN. ARE 00:06:46.472 --> 00:06:49.642 THEY EXCEPT EXEMPTED? I WOULD 00:06:49.709 --> 00:06:50.810 NOT LOOK AT THE. I MEAN, THE 00:06:50.877 --> 00:06:52.845 WARRANT DOES NOT GIVE YOU AN 00:06:52.912 --> 00:06:54.280 AUTHORITY TO COME IN AND SEIZE 00:06:54.347 --> 00:06:56.048 BALLOTS. WHEN I WAS AN 00:06:56.115 --> 00:06:57.049 ELECTIONS OFFICIAL, IF THERE 00:06:57.116 --> 00:06:59.352 WAS ANY CHALLENGE TO THE 00:06:59.418 --> 00:07:00.720 ELECTIONS AND THE BALLOTS, THEY 00:07:00.787 --> 00:07:02.455 WOULD COME TO US AND BE UNDER 00:07:02.522 --> 00:07:05.458 THE SECURITY OF OUR SYSTEM TO 00:07:05.525 --> 00:07:07.226 ENSURE THE BALLOTS ARE RETAINED 00:07:07.293 --> 00:07:09.862 IN A SECURE PLACE, TO MAKE SURE 00:07:09.929 --> 00:07:12.265 THAT THERE'S NOBODY THEY NEVER 00:07:12.331 --> 00:07:13.900 LEAVE THE SITE OR THE SECURITY 00:07:13.966 --> 00:07:15.601 OF THE ELECTIONS OFFICIAL. SO 00:07:15.668 --> 00:07:17.003 ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE 00:07:17.069 --> 00:07:18.805 DONE IS IF THERE'S A RECOUNT OR 00:07:18.871 --> 00:07:21.007 ANY KIND OF INVESTIGATION THAT 00:07:21.073 --> 00:07:22.341 IS DONE WITHIN THE ELECTIONS 00:07:22.408 --> 00:07:24.143 OFFICE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF 00:07:24.210 --> 00:07:26.679 THE ELECTIONS OFFICIAL. I'M NOT 00:07:26.746 --> 00:07:29.949 SURE WHAT EXACTLY TOOK PLACE IN 00:07:30.016 --> 00:07:30.983 RIVERSIDE. MAYBE YOU CAN 00:07:31.050 --> 00:07:33.820 EXPLAIN TO ME, BUT I CAN'T 00:07:33.886 --> 00:07:36.722 IMAGINE THAT ANYONE WITHOUT 00:07:36.789 --> 00:07:39.258 SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION FROM 00:07:39.325 --> 00:07:41.761 JUDICIAL WITH A JUDICIAL 00:07:41.828 --> 00:07:44.630 WARRANT WILL COME IN AND 00:07:44.697 --> 00:07:47.500 FORCIBLY ANY CIVILIAN WILL COME 00:07:47.567 --> 00:07:49.001 THERE OR TRY TO SEIZE THE 00:07:49.068 --> 00:07:51.204 RECORD OF THE BALLOTS. I THINK 00:07:51.270 --> 00:07:53.039 WHAT HAPPENED IN RIVERSIDE WAS, 00:07:53.105 --> 00:07:55.141 WAS HORRIFIC AND THAT THEY CAME 00:07:55.208 --> 00:07:56.876 IN AND SEIZED BALLOTS WITHOUT 00:07:56.943 --> 00:07:59.745 ANY CONTROL. WHO CAME IN? THE 00:07:59.812 --> 00:08:01.948 SHERIFF, THE COUNTY SHERIFF, 00:08:02.014 --> 00:08:04.183 WITHOUT ANY AUTHORIZATION WITH 00:08:04.250 --> 00:08:05.818 WITH BREAKING THE CHAIN OF 00:08:05.885 --> 00:08:07.086 CUSTODY, REMOVING BALLOTS FROM 00:08:07.153 --> 00:08:08.788 THE SECURITY OF THE ELECTIONS 00:08:08.855 --> 00:08:10.623 OFFICIAL JEOPARDIZES THE 00:08:10.690 --> 00:08:12.091 INTEGRITY OF THOSE BALLOTS. AND 00:08:12.158 --> 00:08:14.026 IF IT WERE MY COUNTY, WHEN I 00:08:14.093 --> 00:08:15.161 WAS A COUNTY CLERK, I WOULD 00:08:15.228 --> 00:08:17.029 HAVE CHAINED MYSELF TO THE DOOR 00:08:17.096 --> 00:08:18.865 TO PROHIBIT ANYONE COMING IN TO 00:08:18.931 --> 00:08:20.733 TAKE THOSE BALLOTS OUTSIDE OF 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.704 MY CONTROL. THIS ONE, I 00:08:24.770 --> 00:08:28.941 UNDERSTAND, IS UNDER RIGHT NOW 00:08:29.008 --> 00:08:31.143 LITIGATION THAT THIS PARTICULAR 00:08:31.210 --> 00:08:34.046 CASE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD I 00:08:34.113 --> 00:08:36.482 HAVEN'T HAD ANY CHANCE TO STUDY 00:08:36.549 --> 00:08:38.284 WHAT TOOK PLACE, WHY THAT KIND 00:08:38.351 --> 00:08:40.820 OF INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN 00:08:40.887 --> 00:08:42.355 RIVERSIDE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD 00:08:42.421 --> 00:08:45.524 THAT KIND OF SITUATIONS. AND 00:08:45.591 --> 00:08:47.960 THIS IS LIKE IT'S GOING TO 00:08:48.027 --> 00:08:49.962 HAPPEN. BUT THE FEDERAL AGENT, 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:52.665 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS 00:08:52.732 --> 00:08:53.833 THREATENING, ALL THE STATES, 00:08:53.900 --> 00:08:56.702 THE UPCOMING BALLOTS. SO THAT 00:08:56.769 --> 00:09:01.741 IS THE FEAR MONGERING THAT I 00:09:01.807 --> 00:09:04.610 READ FROM THIS BILL. THIS IS A 00:09:04.677 --> 00:09:07.480 PARTICULAR ONE SITUATION. WE 00:09:07.546 --> 00:09:12.084 NEED TO ENACT A BILL THAT IS I 00:09:12.151 --> 00:09:15.821 HAVEN'T HEARD ANY SITUATION 00:09:15.888 --> 00:09:20.092 THAT WOULD LEAD TO THIS KIND OF 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:24.096 UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF ELECTION 00:09:24.163 --> 00:09:27.633 RESULTS IN CALIFORNIA OR AN 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:29.435 ELECTIONS OFFICE FOR OVER 27 00:09:29.502 --> 00:09:31.971 YEARS, HAS ABSOLUTELY GUARDED 00:09:32.038 --> 00:09:33.973 EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY OF 00:09:34.040 --> 00:09:35.207 THOSE BALLOTS. AND WHAT THIS 00:09:35.274 --> 00:09:37.310 BILL DOES IS BEFORE THE RESULTS 00:09:37.376 --> 00:09:39.545 ARE CERTIFIED, WE ABSOLUTELY 00:09:39.612 --> 00:09:41.681 HAD VERY STRICT CHAIN OF 00:09:41.747 --> 00:09:43.449 CUSTODY PROCEDURES IN PLACE. 00:09:43.516 --> 00:09:45.284 AND YES, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO 00:09:45.351 --> 00:09:46.352 TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:48.287 INTERFERE WITH THAT PROCESS. SO 00:09:48.354 --> 00:09:49.989 MAYBE YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF 00:09:50.056 --> 00:09:51.457 SITUATIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR 00:09:51.524 --> 00:09:52.458 ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE VERY 00:09:52.525 --> 00:09:54.226 MUCH ON GUARD AND WE HAVE 00:09:54.293 --> 00:09:55.828 PLENTY. WE'VE SEEN PLENTY OF 00:09:55.895 --> 00:09:57.096 EVIDENCE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND 00:09:57.163 --> 00:09:59.699 HIS ALLIES ARE WILLING TO BREAK 00:09:59.765 --> 00:10:01.934 LONG STANDING NORMS AND PUSH 00:10:02.001 --> 00:10:04.370 THE LIMITS OF THE LAW TO PURSUE 00:10:04.437 --> 00:10:06.172 PURSUE THEIR ELECTION 00:10:06.238 --> 00:10:07.173 CONSPIRACY THEORIES. SO THIS 00:10:07.239 --> 00:10:10.443 BILL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO 00:10:10.509 --> 00:10:12.244 ENSURE TO GIVE THE VOTERS 00:10:12.311 --> 00:10:13.312 CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR VOTE WILL 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:16.615 BE PROTECTED. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR 00:10:16.682 --> 00:10:18.551 THAT ELECTION OFFICIALS TRY TO 00:10:18.617 --> 00:10:20.353 PROTECT THEM AND ALSO FOLLOW 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:24.557 THE PROCEDURES AND STOP ANY 00:10:24.623 --> 00:10:26.959 ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE. OF THE 00:10:27.026 --> 00:10:30.930 BALLOT COUNTING OR PROTECTION. 00:10:30.997 --> 00:10:33.466 SAFETY OF THE BALLOT WORKERS. 00:10:33.532 --> 00:10:37.136 BUT SO. SO THAT'S WHY NO ONE 00:10:37.203 --> 00:10:40.706 WILL ATTEMPT SUCH A THING 00:10:40.773 --> 00:10:43.676 UNLESS THERE IS SOME SOME SOME 00:10:43.743 --> 00:10:47.546 REASON, VALID REASON. THE COURT 00:10:47.613 --> 00:10:50.783 HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED AND 00:10:50.850 --> 00:10:52.952 GIVEN SUCH A WARRANT. THEN THE 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:55.921 FEDERAL AGENT COMES IN WITH THE 00:10:55.988 --> 00:10:58.691 WARRANT. SO THIS BILL WILL WILL 00:10:58.758 --> 00:11:02.661 CAPTURE HIM AND TRY HIM AND 00:11:02.728 --> 00:11:04.864 FIND HIM $10,000 OR WHATEVER 00:11:04.930 --> 00:11:06.966 THE THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED 00:11:07.033 --> 00:11:09.568 HERE, I THINK THAT'S $10,000 00:11:09.635 --> 00:11:12.271 AND 34 YEARS IN JAIL. SO YOU 00:11:12.338 --> 00:11:14.940 WANT TO PUT THAT FEDERAL AGENT 00:11:15.007 --> 00:11:17.410 FOR WHATEVER REASON. I DON'T 00:11:17.476 --> 00:11:21.013 THINK THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN. 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:22.581 BUT YOU ARE ASSUMING IT'S GOING 00:11:22.648 --> 00:11:26.352 TO HAPPEN. SO IS THIS LAW IF IT 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:29.321 PASSES. SO THE STATE GOVERNMENT 00:11:29.388 --> 00:11:31.490 HAS THAT KIND OF AUTHORITY. 00:11:31.557 --> 00:11:33.225 WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE 00:11:33.292 --> 00:11:34.693 LIVING IN VERY DIFFERENT 00:11:34.760 --> 00:11:36.896 CONDITIONS NOW. I MEAN, BEFORE 00:11:36.962 --> 00:11:38.664 JANUARY 6TH, 2021, WHEN A 00:11:38.731 --> 00:11:40.766 VIOLENT MOB HAD STORMED THE 00:11:40.833 --> 00:11:42.768 CAPITOL, NO ONE HAD EVER 00:11:42.835 --> 00:11:43.769 ANTICIPATED SOMETHING LIKE THAT 00:11:43.836 --> 00:11:46.539 HAPPENING. AND SO AND I CAN'T 00:11:46.605 --> 00:11:47.706 THINK OF A TIME WHEN ANY 00:11:47.773 --> 00:11:49.108 PRESIDENT ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO 00:11:49.175 --> 00:11:50.876 DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO THIS 00:11:50.943 --> 00:11:53.045 ISN'T A HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM. 00:11:53.112 --> 00:11:55.014 IT ISN'T A CONSPIRACY THEORY. 00:11:55.081 --> 00:11:57.383 WE HAVE SEEN THE FIRST STEPS 00:11:57.450 --> 00:11:58.818 ALREADY, AND WE ARE DOING 00:11:58.884 --> 00:12:00.219 EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO 00:12:00.286 --> 00:12:02.021 PROTECT THE VOTERS OF THIS 00:12:02.088 --> 00:12:04.256 STATE. SO RIVERSIDE CASE IS 00:12:04.323 --> 00:12:07.760 THAT THE SHERIFF, FOR WHATEVER 00:12:07.827 --> 00:12:11.030 REASON, THEY SEIZED THE BALLOT 00:12:11.097 --> 00:12:12.531 RECORDS. IF THAT'S IF THAT'S 00:12:12.598 --> 00:12:17.103 THE NÓ ON THEIR OWN ACT, BUT 00:12:17.169 --> 00:12:21.507 NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 00:12:21.574 --> 00:12:25.478 PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DIRECTION, 00:12:25.544 --> 00:12:28.080 RIGHT BALLOT SHOULD NEVER LEAVE 00:12:28.147 --> 00:12:30.816 THE CUSTODY AND SECURITY OF THE 00:12:30.883 --> 00:12:33.052 ELECTIONS. I, I TOTALLY I 00:12:33.119 --> 00:12:35.187 TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. BUT 00:12:35.254 --> 00:12:37.723 HERE NOW YOU ARE SAYING THERE 00:12:37.790 --> 00:12:40.893 WILL BE NO EXCEPTION. ANYONE, 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.163 EVEN WITH THE FEDERAL AGENT, 00:12:44.230 --> 00:12:47.800 WITH THE COURT, OR WILL BE PUT 00:12:47.867 --> 00:12:52.505 TO SUBJECT TO PENALTY THAT YOUR 00:12:52.571 --> 00:12:54.907 LAW EUROPEAN IS PRESCRIBING. 00:12:54.974 --> 00:12:56.775 THERE ARE PROCEDURES IN PLACE 00:12:56.842 --> 00:12:58.210 WHEN THERE'S ANY KIND OF 00:12:58.277 --> 00:13:00.346 CHALLENGE TO AN ELECTION WHERE 00:13:00.412 --> 00:13:02.214 BALLOTS ARE MOVED UNDER THE 00:13:02.281 --> 00:13:03.983 CUSTODY AND SECURITY OF THE 00:13:04.049 --> 00:13:05.518 ELECTIONS OFFICIAL. AND YES, 00:13:05.584 --> 00:13:07.219 THERE ARE TIMES AS ELECTIONS 00:13:07.286 --> 00:13:08.387 OFFICIALS WHERE WE PARTNER WITH 00:13:08.454 --> 00:13:10.456 OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 00:13:10.523 --> 00:13:12.725 PROVIDE GREATER SECURITY AROUND 00:13:12.791 --> 00:13:14.493 THE TRANSPORT OF BALLOTS FROM 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:16.929 POINT A TO POINT B, BUT THERE 00:13:16.996 --> 00:13:19.131 IS NEVER A SITUATION WHERE 00:13:19.198 --> 00:13:21.233 ANYONE SHOULD COME IN AND TAKE 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:23.402 VOTING EQUIPMENT, TAKE BALLOTS 00:13:23.469 --> 00:13:26.639 AWAY FROM THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. 00:13:26.705 --> 00:13:29.208 WHAT I SAID WAS THAT THAT THE 00:13:29.275 --> 00:13:30.609 PROTECTION OF THE RECORD IS A 00:13:30.676 --> 00:13:33.479 GOOD THING. WE NEED TO DO THAT. 00:13:33.546 --> 00:13:37.449 BUT UNDER UNFORESEEABLE 00:13:37.516 --> 00:13:40.686 INSTANCES, IF A FEDERAL AGENT 00:13:40.753 --> 00:13:44.623 COMES IN WITH THE VALID COURT 00:13:44.690 --> 00:13:49.695 WARRANT, ARE THEY SUBJECT TO 00:13:49.762 --> 00:13:53.699 YOUR BILL AND WILL BE PRESENT 00:13:53.766 --> 00:13:55.467 AND SUBJECT TO THEY ARE NOT 00:13:55.534 --> 00:13:58.003 ALLOWED TO SEIZE THE BALLOTS, I 00:13:58.070 --> 00:14:01.607 SAID WITH THE COURT, THE 00:14:01.674 --> 00:14:03.375 WARRANT, IF THEY COME IN. I 00:14:03.442 --> 00:14:04.910 THINK WE FOUND IN THE RIVERSIDE 00:14:04.977 --> 00:14:06.745 COUNTY CASE THERE WAS. IT WAS A 00:14:06.812 --> 00:14:08.414 QUESTIONABLE WARRANT. THERE IS 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.616 NEVER A REASON TO TAKE BALLOTS 00:14:10.683 --> 00:14:12.384 AWAY FROM THE CUSTODY AND 00:14:12.451 --> 00:14:13.886 SECURITY OF THE ELECTIONS 00:14:13.953 --> 00:14:17.890 OFFICIAL. SO THE RIVERSIDE CASE, 00:14:17.957 --> 00:14:19.592 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY 00:14:19.658 --> 00:14:21.093 PRESENTED THE COURT WARRANT OR 00:14:21.160 --> 00:14:23.629 NOT, BUT THIS IS A AS YOU SAID, 00:14:23.696 --> 00:14:26.098 A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION YOU 00:14:26.165 --> 00:14:30.035 ARE TRYING TO PREVENT BY YOUR 00:14:30.102 --> 00:14:33.272 BILL. BUT THERE'S NO EXCEPTION. 00:14:33.339 --> 00:14:36.141 SO NO MATTER WHO YOUR BILL SAYS, 00:14:36.208 --> 00:14:37.576 ONLY IF THE ELECTIONS OFFICIAL 00:14:37.643 --> 00:14:40.479 HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH A BODY TO 00:14:40.546 --> 00:14:41.914 HELP WITH THE SECURITY AND 00:14:41.981 --> 00:14:44.083 TRANSPORT OF THE BALLOTS. SO 00:14:44.149 --> 00:14:47.786 LET'S SUPPOSE YOUR THE ELECTION 00:14:47.853 --> 00:14:49.822 OFFICIAL. I COME IN WITH MY 00:14:49.888 --> 00:14:52.424 BADGE AND THE WARRANT, AND I 00:14:52.491 --> 00:14:54.159 HAVE THE WARRANT HERE. I NEED 00:14:54.226 --> 00:14:57.029 TO RETAIN THE BALLOT RECORDS. 00:14:57.096 --> 00:14:58.797 WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I WOULD SAY 00:14:58.864 --> 00:15:00.266 ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE WILL KEEP 00:15:00.332 --> 00:15:02.835 THEM IN THE SECURITY OF OUR 00:15:02.901 --> 00:15:04.236 SYSTEM, WHERE WE HAVE CAMERAS 00:15:04.303 --> 00:15:05.704 ON THOSE BALLOTS. YOU ARE 00:15:05.771 --> 00:15:08.207 VIOLATING THE COURT. ARREST ME. 00:15:08.274 --> 00:15:09.942 YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD NOT LET 00:15:10.009 --> 00:15:11.410 THOSE BALLOTS AND VOTING 00:15:11.477 --> 00:15:13.679 EQUIPMENT OUT OF MY CUSTODY, 00:15:13.746 --> 00:15:16.915 PERIOD. SO YOU YOU ARE 00:15:16.982 --> 00:15:19.018 OVERRULING THE COURT ORDER. 00:15:19.084 --> 00:15:20.386 THIS BILL IS GOING TO MAKE IT 00:15:20.452 --> 00:15:22.221 SO THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. 00:15:22.288 --> 00:15:24.757 MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT NO ONE 00:15:24.823 --> 00:15:27.026 IS ALLOWED TO COME IN AND TAKE 00:15:27.092 --> 00:15:29.061 BALLOTS FOR ANY REASON. WE GOT 00:15:29.128 --> 00:15:30.229 TO MAINTAIN YOU GOT TO 00:15:30.296 --> 00:15:31.730 UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN 00:15:31.797 --> 00:15:33.365 THAT CHAIN OF CUSTODY. I THINK 00:15:33.432 --> 00:15:35.067 YOU ARE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 00:15:35.134 --> 00:15:36.969 MOVE ON. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 00:15:37.036 --> 00:15:39.605 MOVE ON. I THINK WE'RE I THINK 00:15:39.672 --> 00:15:40.739 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. YOU 00:15:40.806 --> 00:15:42.541 KNOW, THE COURTS INTERPRET THE 00:15:42.608 --> 00:15:43.509 LAW. THE LEGISLATURE, TOGETHER 00:15:43.575 --> 00:15:44.743 WITH THE GOVERNOR, DECIDES WHAT 00:15:44.810 --> 00:15:46.512 THE LAW SHOULD BE. WE'RE GOING 00:15:46.578 --> 00:15:51.050 TO MOVE ON. SO, SENATOR AMBER, 00:15:51.116 --> 00:15:52.951 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK 00:15:53.018 --> 00:15:55.120 YOU. SO, MEMBER, FOR BRINGING 00:15:55.187 --> 00:15:57.523 THIS BILL. I SUPPOSE THERE WAS 00:15:57.589 --> 00:16:00.392 ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN RESPECT TO 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.660 SHERIFF BIANCO SEIZING THE 00:16:01.727 --> 00:16:03.962 BALLOTS, IS THAT IT HAPPENED 00:16:04.029 --> 00:16:05.931 EARLIER SO THAT WE COULD ENSURE 00:16:05.998 --> 00:16:08.133 THAT FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.401 THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT 00:16:09.468 --> 00:16:10.569 THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. 00:16:10.636 --> 00:16:12.504 IT'S NOT A HYPOTHETICAL 00:16:12.571 --> 00:16:13.605 SITUATION. AS YOU POINT OUT, 00:16:13.672 --> 00:16:14.840 THIS SHOULD GIVE THE ELECTION 00:16:14.907 --> 00:16:19.111 OFFICIAL A TOOL TO RESIST AN 00:16:19.178 --> 00:16:22.014 ILLEGAL ENTRY, OR EVEN EVEN ONE 00:16:22.081 --> 00:16:23.048 WITH A PURPORTED WARRANT. BY 00:16:23.115 --> 00:16:24.883 THE WAY, I READ THE WARRANT IN 00:16:24.950 --> 00:16:26.685 THIS IN INCLUDING THE 00:16:26.752 --> 00:16:29.555 SUPPORTING AFFIDAVITS. AND I 00:16:29.621 --> 00:16:31.056 BELIEVE THAT A COURT OF APPEAL 00:16:31.123 --> 00:16:33.425 WOULD HAVE QUASHED, MAYBE EVEN 00:16:33.492 --> 00:16:34.426 ANOTHER JUDGE WOULD HAVE 00:16:34.493 --> 00:16:35.761 QUASHED THAT THAT WARRANT, BUT 00:16:35.828 --> 00:16:36.628 CERTAINLY THE COURT OF APPEAL 00:16:36.695 --> 00:16:39.398 WOULD HAVE QUASHED, QUASHED 00:16:39.465 --> 00:16:40.432 WHATEVER INSTRUMENT WAS BEING 00:16:40.499 --> 00:16:42.968 USED TO OSTENSIBLY SEIZE THE 00:16:43.035 --> 00:16:45.070 BALLOTS. I WOULD LOVE TO BE 00:16:45.137 --> 00:16:46.372 ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR. PROBABLY 00:16:46.438 --> 00:16:50.075 TOO LATE, BUT BUT I MOST 00:16:50.142 --> 00:16:51.610 HEARTILY ENDORSE THIS BILL AND 00:16:51.677 --> 00:16:54.012 URGE AND I VOTE. THANK YOU, 00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:55.881 SENATOR CERVANTES. THANK YOU. I 00:16:55.948 --> 00:16:59.084 JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE HERE. 00:16:59.151 --> 00:17:00.486 JUST GIVEN THE CONVERSATION AND 00:17:00.552 --> 00:17:02.354 THE BACK AND FORTH, THAT IN 00:17:02.421 --> 00:17:03.789 APRIL, THE CALIFORNIA, 00:17:03.856 --> 00:17:05.157 CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DID 00:17:05.224 --> 00:17:07.326 HALT THE INVESTIGATION THAT 00:17:07.393 --> 00:17:07.926 OCCURRED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY 00:17:07.993 --> 00:17:09.962 WITH SHERIFF BIANCO. AND WHAT 00:17:10.028 --> 00:17:12.197 THE SHERIFF WAS WILLING TO DO 00:17:12.264 --> 00:17:13.465 WAS UNPRECEDENTED, AS WAS 00:17:13.532 --> 00:17:15.367 STATED BY THE AUTHOR. AND IF HE 00:17:15.434 --> 00:17:17.403 WAS WILLING TO VIOLATE EVERY 00:17:17.469 --> 00:17:19.238 CONSTITUTIONAL NORM AND 00:17:19.304 --> 00:17:25.978 INTERFERE WITH OUR ELECTIONS, 00:17:26.044 --> 00:17:28.480 WHAT MORE WILL HE DO? AND SO I 00:17:28.547 --> 00:17:29.948 STRONGLY SUPPORT TIME IF IT 00:17:30.015 --> 00:17:31.016 HASN'T BEEN MOTIONED THE 00:17:31.083 --> 00:17:32.751 APPROPRIATE TIME. SO WE HAVE A 00:17:32.818 --> 00:17:35.754 MOTION BY SENATOR CERVANTES. 00:17:35.821 --> 00:17:38.524 OKAY. I BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE 00:17:38.590 --> 00:17:40.292 OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE, I SUPPORT 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.528 THIS BILL AND I'M RECOMMENDING 00:17:42.594 --> 00:17:46.832 AN AYE VOTE. WHAT WE SAW. FROM 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:48.667 SHERIFF BIANCO WAS JUST 00:17:48.734 --> 00:17:51.970 STRAIGHT UP THUG BEHAVIOR, 00:17:52.037 --> 00:17:54.039 WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS BEING 00:17:54.106 --> 00:17:56.608 NORMALIZED IN TERMS OF RIGHT 00:17:56.675 --> 00:17:58.777 WING APPROACHES TO ELECTIONS 00:17:58.844 --> 00:18:01.613 RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S DAMAGING 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.082 THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND 00:18:04.149 --> 00:18:06.285 DAMAGING CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS 00:18:06.351 --> 00:18:08.754 A VERY SECURE AND ACCURATE 00:18:08.821 --> 00:18:10.255 VOTING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE 00:18:10.322 --> 00:18:12.758 IN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS PART OF 00:18:12.825 --> 00:18:18.130 A NATIONAL EFFORT BY THE THE 00:18:18.197 --> 00:18:21.366 PRESIDENT AND HIS COALITION TO 00:18:21.433 --> 00:18:26.738 TRY TO CREATE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT 00:18:26.805 --> 00:18:28.740 CALIFORNIA'S ELECTORAL PROCESS 00:18:28.807 --> 00:18:30.375 AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN 00:18:30.442 --> 00:18:32.010 GENERAL. WE SAW THIS WITH HOW 00:18:32.077 --> 00:18:34.580 THEY REACTED TO THE COUNTING IN 00:18:34.646 --> 00:18:38.016 THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR'S RACE. 00:18:38.083 --> 00:18:40.085 AND IT IS NOT ONLY 00:18:40.152 --> 00:18:43.322 UNPRECEDENTED, BUT EXTREMELY 00:18:43.388 --> 00:18:45.157 DANGEROUS. AND IT'S REALLY 00:18:45.224 --> 00:18:47.726 IMPORTANT FOR US TO TIGHTEN OUR 00:18:47.793 --> 00:18:49.828 LAW AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAN 00:18:49.895 --> 00:18:51.697 NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN 00:18:51.763 --> 00:18:53.465 CALIFORNIA, AND THAT PEOPLE WHO 00:18:53.532 --> 00:18:55.200 TRY TO DO THIS ARE GOING TO BE 00:18:55.267 --> 00:18:57.703 HELD SEVERELY ACCOUNTABLE. SO I 00:18:57.769 --> 00:18:59.438 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 00:18:59.505 --> 00:19:01.173 THIS BILL, AND I'M RECOMMENDING 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.541 I VOTE WE HAVE A MOTION BY 00:19:02.608 --> 00:19:05.010 SENATOR CERVANTES. THE MOTION 00:19:05.077 --> 00:19:07.880 IS TO PASS, AND WE REFER TO THE 00:19:07.946 --> 00:19:09.882 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, 00:19:09.948 --> 00:19:12.818 AND WE'LL CALL THE ROLL. OH, 00:19:12.885 --> 00:19:14.219 I'M SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. YOU 00:19:14.286 --> 00:19:16.154 CAN CLOSE. I APPRECIATE YOUR 00:19:16.221 --> 00:19:17.556 COMMENTS AND THE COMMENTS FROM 00:19:17.623 --> 00:19:18.957 YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE. AND TO 00:19:19.024 --> 00:19:20.125 PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND THE 00:19:20.192 --> 00:19:21.660 SECURITY OF OUR ELECTIONS, I 00:19:21.727 --> 00:19:22.794 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE. 00:19:22.861 --> 00:19:25.163 GREAT. CALL THE ROLL. MOTION IS 00:19:25.230 --> 00:19:26.498 DUE. PASS THE COMMITTEE ON 00:19:26.565 --> 00:19:27.766 APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS. 00:19:27.833 --> 00:19:30.168 WIENER. Ã. WIENER. AYE. CHOI. 00:19:30.235 --> 00:19:32.738 CHOI. NÓ. ALLEN. CERVANTES. 00:19:32.804 --> 00:19:35.007 CERVANTES. AYE. AYE. UMBERG. 00:19:35.073 --> 00:19:38.510 AYE. OKAY. WE WILL. THAT'S 3 TO 00:19:38.577 --> 00:19:39.945 1. WE'LL PUT IT ON CALL FOR 00:19:40.012 --> 00:19:41.813 SENATOR ALLEN. WE'LL NOW GO TO. 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.915 THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILL 00:19:42.981 --> 00:19:45.717 NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, SB 00:19:45.784 --> 00:19:48.220 1418 BY SENATOR CERVANTES. AND 00:19:48.287 --> 00:19:49.955 THIS IS BEING HEARD PURSUANT TO 00:19:50.022 --> 00:20:07.239 SENATE RULE 2910 D. YOU MAY 00:20:07.306 --> 00:20:11.877 PROCEED. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 00:20:11.944 --> 00:20:14.746 HEAR ME? OKAY. HEAR. WE ARE 00:20:14.813 --> 00:20:15.881 HERE TODAY TO PRESENT SENATE 00:20:15.948 --> 00:20:19.818 BILL 1418. AS WAS STATED, WE 00:20:19.885 --> 00:20:23.055 CANNOT STAND BY. WHILE THIS 00:20:23.121 --> 00:20:24.456 ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT TRUMP 00:20:24.523 --> 00:20:25.958 AND HIS ADMINISTRATION AND SOME 00:20:26.024 --> 00:20:27.726 IN OUR STATE TRY TO DISMANTLE 00:20:27.793 --> 00:20:29.661 OUR DEMOCRACY PIECE BY PIECE. 00:20:29.728 --> 00:20:31.029 THAT IS WHY EARLIER THIS YEAR, 00:20:31.096 --> 00:20:32.531 THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED AND 00:20:32.598 --> 00:20:34.266 GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED INTO LAW 00:20:34.333 --> 00:20:36.735 MY SENATE BILL 73, WHICH WOULD 00:20:36.802 --> 00:20:38.503 BOLSTER CALIFORNIA'S DEFENSES 00:20:38.570 --> 00:20:40.405 AGAINST INTERFERENCE IN OUR 00:20:40.472 --> 00:20:42.608 ELECTIONS. SENATE BILL 1418 IS 00:20:42.674 --> 00:20:44.376 A FOLLOW UP TO SENATE BILL 73 00:20:44.443 --> 00:20:45.811 AND IS SPONSORED BY THE 00:20:45.877 --> 00:20:46.845 CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL, 00:20:46.912 --> 00:20:49.114 ROB BONTA. AS MANY KNOW AND 00:20:49.181 --> 00:20:51.483 HAVE HEARD, IN MARCH OF THIS 00:20:51.550 --> 00:20:52.985 YEAR, RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF 00:20:53.051 --> 00:20:55.153 CHAD BIANCO SEIZED MORE THAN 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.922 600,000 VOTED BALLOTS FROM LAST 00:20:56.989 --> 00:20:58.357 YEAR'S SPECIAL ELECTION AND 00:20:58.423 --> 00:21:00.192 PROP 50 FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY 00:21:00.258 --> 00:21:02.294 REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IN A SHAM 00:21:02.361 --> 00:21:04.162 ELECTION. A SHAM INVESTIGATION 00:21:04.229 --> 00:21:05.931 AT THE TIME, EXISTING LAW WAS 00:21:05.998 --> 00:21:07.699 CLEAR THAT AFTER THE 00:21:07.766 --> 00:21:09.101 CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION 00:21:09.167 --> 00:21:10.936 RESULTS, THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY 00:21:11.003 --> 00:21:12.738 CUSTODY OF VOTED BALLOTS MUST 00:21:12.804 --> 00:21:14.906 REMAIN INTACT EVEN IF THERE IS 00:21:14.973 --> 00:21:16.642 AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, 00:21:16.708 --> 00:21:18.510 MEANING THAT THOSE BALLOTS MUST 00:21:18.577 --> 00:21:19.911 REMAIN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE 00:21:19.978 --> 00:21:22.481 RELEVANT COUNTY REGISTRAR. THIS 00:21:22.547 --> 00:21:24.316 IS TO PROTECT THE EVIDENTIARY 00:21:24.383 --> 00:21:26.451 VALUE OF THOSE BALLOTS FOR THE 00:21:26.518 --> 00:21:29.321 FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS OR AUDITS. 00:21:29.388 --> 00:21:31.089 AS WE KNOW, IF THE CHAIN OF 00:21:31.156 --> 00:21:32.491 CUSTODY IS BROKEN, THERE'S NO 00:21:32.557 --> 00:21:33.725 GUARANTEE THAT THOSE BALLOTS 00:21:33.792 --> 00:21:35.394 HAVE NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH OR 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:39.731 ALTERED IN RESPONSE. THIS BILL 00:21:39.798 --> 00:21:41.900 73, MADE IT A FELONY TO REMOVE 00:21:41.967 --> 00:21:43.068 VOTED BALLOTS FROM THE CUSTODY 00:21:43.135 --> 00:21:45.170 OF A COUNTY REGISTRAR. HOWEVER, 00:21:45.237 --> 00:21:47.673 IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, A GROUP 00:21:47.739 --> 00:21:49.775 OF PRESS ORGANIZATIONS, 00:21:49.841 --> 00:21:52.010 INCLUDING CAL MATTERS, 00:21:52.077 --> 00:21:53.445 SPECIFICALLY PETITIONED A COURT 00:21:53.512 --> 00:21:55.614 TO UNSEAL WARRANT THE WARRANT 00:21:55.681 --> 00:21:57.416 THAT WAS OBTAINED BY SHERIFF 00:21:57.482 --> 00:21:58.950 BIANCO. THEY FOUND THAT IN 00:21:59.017 --> 00:22:00.285 ADDITION TO VOTED BALLOTS, 00:22:00.352 --> 00:22:02.054 THOSE WARRANTS AUTHORIZED THE 00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:03.855 SEIZURE OF OTHER ELECTION 00:22:03.922 --> 00:22:05.257 RECORDS FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY 00:22:05.323 --> 00:22:07.092 REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. 00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:08.493 UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ADDITIONAL 00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:09.895 RECORDS WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY 00:22:09.961 --> 00:22:11.363 THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED UNDER 00:22:11.430 --> 00:22:14.599 SENATE BILL 73, WHICH IS WHY WE 00:22:14.666 --> 00:22:16.868 HAVE 1418 TODAY, WHICH WOULD 00:22:16.935 --> 00:22:19.337 EXTEND THE PROTECTIONS TO OTHER 00:22:19.404 --> 00:22:21.540 FORMS OF ELECTION RECORDS 00:22:21.606 --> 00:22:22.607 BEYOND VOTING BALLOTS, 00:22:22.674 --> 00:22:24.776 INCLUDING VOTING SYSTEMS. THE 00:22:24.843 --> 00:22:26.545 SAME CONCERNS OVER CHAIN OF 00:22:26.611 --> 00:22:28.313 CUSTODY EXTEND TO THESE RECORDS 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:30.148 AS WELL. THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY 00:22:30.215 --> 00:22:31.917 MUST BE MAINTAINED TO PROTECT 00:22:31.983 --> 00:22:33.385 THEIR EVIDENTIARY VALUE FOR 00:22:33.452 --> 00:22:35.253 FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS OR AUDITS, 00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:37.089 AND EXTENDING THOSE PROVISIONS. 00:22:37.155 --> 00:22:38.924 SB 1418 WILL MAKE IT A FELONY 00:22:38.990 --> 00:22:40.926 TO REMOVE ADDITIONAL FORMS OF 00:22:40.992 --> 00:22:42.794 ELECTION RECORDS, INCLUDING 00:22:42.861 --> 00:22:43.895 VOTING SYSTEMS, FROM THE 00:22:43.962 --> 00:22:45.630 CUSTODY OF A COUNTY REGISTRAR. 00:22:45.697 --> 00:22:47.065 IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE 00:22:47.132 --> 00:22:48.166 SECRETARY OF STATE ATTORNEY 00:22:48.233 --> 00:22:49.935 GENERAL AND THE RELEVANT COUNTY 00:22:50.001 --> 00:22:51.803 REGISTRAR WITH THE SAME CIVIL 00:22:51.870 --> 00:22:53.171 REMEDY THAT WAS PROVIDED UNDER 00:22:53.238 --> 00:22:55.741 SENATE BILL 73. WE HAVE HERE 00:22:55.807 --> 00:22:57.843 TODAY OUR SPONSORS OF THE BILL 00:22:57.909 --> 00:23:00.045 UNDER ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB 00:23:00.112 --> 00:23:02.681 BONTA, OUR DEPUTY ATTORNEY 00:23:02.748 --> 00:23:06.284 GENERAL, TIFFANY BROKAW. THANK 00:23:06.351 --> 00:23:07.352 YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE TWO 00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:09.721 MINUTES. AFTERNOON. TIFFANY 00:23:09.788 --> 00:23:11.022 BROKAW, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 00:23:11.089 --> 00:23:12.691 IN THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE 00:23:12.758 --> 00:23:13.825 AFFAIRS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE 00:23:13.892 --> 00:23:15.160 SPONSOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB 00:23:15.227 --> 00:23:16.695 BONTA. AND HE'D LIKE TO THANK 00:23:16.762 --> 00:23:18.063 SENATOR CERVANTES FOR CARRYING 00:23:18.130 --> 00:23:20.899 THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE. SB 1418 00:23:20.966 --> 00:23:22.400 PROTECTS SENSITIVE ELECTION 00:23:22.467 --> 00:23:23.435 DOCUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FROM 00:23:23.502 --> 00:23:24.569 BEING SEIZED AND REMOVED FROM 00:23:24.636 --> 00:23:25.937 THE PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF 00:23:26.004 --> 00:23:27.906 ELECTIONS OFFICIALS. CALIFORNIA 00:23:27.973 --> 00:23:29.508 LAW CURRENTLY PROVIDES 00:23:29.574 --> 00:23:31.376 PROTECTIONS FOR VOTED BALLOTS 00:23:31.443 --> 00:23:32.811 BY NARROWLY LIMITING THEIR USE, 00:23:32.878 --> 00:23:34.646 AND BY REQUIRING THAT ELECTIONS 00:23:34.713 --> 00:23:36.047 OFFICIALS ALWAYS MAINTAIN 00:23:36.114 --> 00:23:37.849 PHYSICAL CUSTODY OVER THE VOTED 00:23:37.916 --> 00:23:40.318 BALLOTS. HOWEVER, ELECTION 00:23:40.385 --> 00:23:41.052 ADMINISTRATION INCREASINGLY 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.854 RELIES ON A BROADER RANGE OF 00:23:42.921 --> 00:23:44.322 RECORDS, EQUIPMENT AND 00:23:44.389 --> 00:23:45.724 CERTIFIED VOTING TECHNOLOGIES 00:23:45.791 --> 00:23:47.459 THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO 00:23:47.526 --> 00:23:48.627 INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF 00:23:48.693 --> 00:23:50.796 ELECTION MISCONDUCT, RESOLVE 00:23:50.862 --> 00:23:52.564 ELECTION CONTESTS OR PRESERVE 00:23:52.631 --> 00:23:54.032 EVIDENCE DURING CRIMINAL 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.934 PROSECUTION OF ELECTION CRIME. 00:23:56.001 --> 00:23:58.036 SB 1418 WOULD ADDRESS THESE 00:23:58.103 --> 00:23:59.437 CONCERNS BY EXPANDING THE SCOPE 00:23:59.504 --> 00:24:01.039 OF ELECTION RELATED MATERIALS 00:24:01.106 --> 00:24:02.340 THAT ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING 00:24:02.407 --> 00:24:03.942 REMOVED FROM THE CUSTODY OF A 00:24:04.009 --> 00:24:06.711 LOCAL ELECTIONS OFFICIAL. SB 00:24:06.778 --> 00:24:08.079 1418 IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO 00:24:08.146 --> 00:24:09.447 ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR 00:24:09.514 --> 00:24:10.882 ELECTION PROCESSES ARE 00:24:10.949 --> 00:24:12.083 MAINTAINED AND FOR THESE 00:24:12.150 --> 00:24:13.518 REASONS, RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR 00:24:13.585 --> 00:24:15.587 AN AYE VOTE. AND I HAVE WITH ME 00:24:15.654 --> 00:24:17.122 DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL MALCOLM 00:24:17.189 --> 00:24:18.190 TÂM, FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND 00:24:18.256 --> 00:24:19.925 HE'S ON OUR ELECTIONS TEAM. 00:24:19.991 --> 00:24:21.827 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE 00:24:21.893 --> 00:24:25.030 ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SB 00:24:25.096 --> 00:24:28.633 1418? PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY. 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:30.402 SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY 00:24:30.468 --> 00:24:33.572 OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. 00:24:33.638 --> 00:24:34.673 SEEING NONE. WE'LL BRING IT 00:24:34.739 --> 00:24:38.677 BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. ANY 00:24:38.743 --> 00:24:42.280 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. 00:24:42.347 --> 00:24:45.317 SEEING NONE, YOU MAY CLOSE. 00:24:45.383 --> 00:24:46.618 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS BILL 00:24:46.685 --> 00:24:48.420 DOES HAVE AN URGENCY CLAUSE. SO 00:24:48.486 --> 00:24:50.188 IF SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR 00:24:50.255 --> 00:24:51.289 NEWSOM, ITS PROVISIONS WILL BE 00:24:51.356 --> 00:24:53.091 IN PLACE FOR THE NOVEMBER 00:24:53.158 --> 00:24:54.125 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AND 00:24:54.192 --> 00:24:54.993 BEYOND. RESPECTFULLY, ASK FOR 00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:56.761 AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY 00:24:56.828 --> 00:24:59.564 MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION ON SB 00:24:59.631 --> 00:25:03.501 1418. OKAY. AND THAT IS A 00:25:03.568 --> 00:25:04.636 MOTION THAT THE ASSEMBLY 00:25:04.703 --> 00:25:07.172 AMENDMENTS BE CONCURRED IN. AND 00:25:07.239 --> 00:25:09.307 WE WILL CALL THE ROLL SENATORS. 00:25:09.374 --> 00:25:11.877 WIENER. AYE. WIENER. AYE. CHOI. 00:25:11.943 --> 00:25:14.246 CHOI. NÓ. ALLEN. CERVANTES. 00:25:14.312 --> 00:25:16.147 CERVANTES. AYE. HAMBURG. 00:25:16.214 --> 00:25:17.983 HAMBURG. AYE. OKAY, WE'LL PUT 00:25:18.049 --> 00:25:21.887 THAT ON. CALL 3 TO 1. AND SO 00:25:21.953 --> 00:25:25.123 THAT CONCLUDES OUR BILL 00:25:25.190 --> 00:25:26.591 PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE TWO 00:25:26.658 --> 00:25:28.326 BILLS ON CALL WAITING FOR 00:25:28.393 --> 00:25:32.097 SENATOR ALLEN TO ADD ON. THANK 00:25:32.163 --> 00:25:48.280 YOU SIR. 00:27:59.144 --> 00:28:00.512 OKAY. WE'RE BACK FROM 00:28:00.578 --> 00:28:05.917 RECESS. AND WE WILL OPEN THE 00:28:05.984 --> 00:28:09.554 ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 18282. 00:28:09.621 --> 00:28:11.322 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBER. 00:28:11.389 --> 00:28:12.557 VOIGTS THREE ONE CHAIR VOTES 00:28:12.624 --> 00:28:13.925 AYE. VICE CHAIR VOTING NO. 00:28:13.992 --> 00:28:16.428 ALLEN. ALLEN. AYE. OKAY. THE 00:28:16.494 --> 00:28:18.596 VOTE IS 4 TO 1. THAT BILL IS 00:28:18.663 --> 00:28:21.933 OUT. AND ITEM TWO, SB 1418. 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.234 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBER. 00:28:23.301 --> 00:28:24.669 VOTES THREE ONE. CHAIR VOTES 00:28:24.736 --> 00:28:25.737 AYE. VICE CHAIR VOTING NO. 00:28:25.804 --> 00:28:28.907 ALLEN ALLEN. I VOTED 4 TO 1. 00:28:28.973 --> 00:28:31.342 THE BILL IS OUT. OKAY. THANK 00:28:31.409 --> 00:28:32.911 YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR 00:28:32.977 --> 00:28:34.712 BUSINESS. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:50.962 ADJOURNED.