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Committee approves shifting ballot title and summary drafting from AG to Legislative Analyst’s Office
Summary
Senate Bill 458, to transfer drafting of initiative and referendum ballot titles and summary statements from the Attorney General to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, was passed as amended by the Senate committee and sent to the Appropriations Committee.
Senate Bill 458, authored by Senator Roger Niello, was passed as amended out of the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments and ordered to the Appropriations Committee.
The bill would transfer responsibility for drafting ballot titles and summary statements for proposed initiatives and referendum measures from the Attorney General to the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Senator Niello argued the initiative process requires a neutral entity to draft…
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