HR 89
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Date of Hearing: April 15, 2024
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Blanca Pacheco, Chair
HR 89 (Pellerin) – As Introduced April 8, 2024
SUBJECT: High School Voter Education Weeks.
SUMMARY: Recognizes the weeks of April 15 to 26, 2024, and September 16 to 27, 2024 as
High School Voter Education Week, and encourages all California high schools to participate in
both weeks. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) The youth of California play a critical role in our democracy by helping to choose the people
who will lead us, and by voicing their opinions on the issues that are important to them.
Eligible pupils who are 16 and 17 years of age can preregister to vote and then automatically
become active voters once they turn 18.
2) High schools in California are encouraged to offer preregistration and voter registration
opportunities to eligible pupils by providing access to the state’s voter registration
application online or by requesting physical voter registration cards for their schools.
3) High school administrators are also encouraged to select one or more pupils to serve as voter
outreach coordinators to support pupil voter registration during High School Voter Education
Weeks. And, pupils are encouraged to participate in the democratic process through voter
education programs, becoming election workers, and by inviting peers, family members, and
community members to register to vote and to get involved in civic engagement activities.
4) With the enactment of Senate Bill 955 of the 2021–22 Regular Session (Chapter 921 of the
Statutes of 2022), pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, are now allowed to have one excused
absence per year to participate in a civic or political event, provided that the pupil notifies the
school ahead of the absence.
5) The Secretary of State, who is the chief election officer of the state, is committed to
strengthening democracy by encouraging voter registration and increasing participation in all
elections by all eligible Californians.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800