Hi Folks:

Below is the final, official Assembly Floor vote on SB 49/Karnette, which mandates the electronic filing of, and Internet access to state campaign finance and lobbying disclosure records. The bill passed by a landslide, with a final count of 73 votes in favor, three in opposition, and three abstentions.

SB 49 now moves back to the Senate, which will be voting on whether to concur with amendments made to the bill while it was in the Assembly. The bill is likely to be taken up on the Senate Floor during the afternoon on Wednesday, September 9th. Assuming the bill passes the Senate again (which appears likely to happen), it will then move to Governor Wilson’s desk.

I will be writing up and sending out a summary of yesterday’s Assembly Floor debate later on in the day. In the meantime, below is the official, final tally of the vote, along with an editorial from today’s San Jose Mercury News.

-- Kim Alexander, Executive Director, California Voter Foundation

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OFFICIAL ASSEMBLY FLOOR VOTE ON SB 49/KARNETTE
taken September 8th, 1997

AYES
Fred Aguiar (R - Chino)
Barbara Alby (R - Fair Oaks)
Elaine Alquist (D - Santa Clara)
Dion Aroner (D - Berkeley)
Roy Ashburn (R - Bakersfield)
Joe Baca (D - Rialto)
Steve Baldwin (R - El Cajon)
Jim Battin (R - La Quinta)
Scott Baugh (R - Huntington Beach)
Tom Bordonaro (R - Paso Robles)
Debra Bowen (D - Marina del Rey)
Larry Bowler (R - Elk Grove)
Valerie Brown (D - Sonoma)
Cruz Bustamante (D - Fresno)
Bill Campbell (R - Villa Park)
Tony Cardenas (D - Sylmar)
Dennis Cardoza (D - Merced)
Jim Cunneen (R - Cupertino)
Susan Davis (D - San Diego)
Denise Ducheny (D - San Diego)
Martha Escutia (D - Bell)
Liz Figueroa (D - Fremont)
Brooks Firestone (R - Los Olivos)
Peter Frusetta (R - Tres Pinos)
Martin Gallegos (D - Baldwin Park)
Jan Goldsmith (R - San Diego)
Brett Granlund (R - Yucaipa)
Sally Havice (D - Cerritos)
Robert Hertzberg (D - Sherman Oaks)
Mike Honda (D - San Jose)
George House (R - Hughson)
Howard Kaloogian (R - Carlsbad)
Fred Keeley (D - Boulder Creek)
Wally Knox (D - Los Angeles)
Sheila Kuehl (D - Santa Monica)
Steve Kuykendall (R - Long Beach)
Lynne Leach (R - Walnut Creek)
Ted Lempert (D - San Carlos)
Bill Leonard (R - Upland)
Mike Machado (D - Linden)
Bob Margett (R - Arcadia)
Diane Martinez (D - Monterey Park)
Kerry Mazzoni (D - Novato)
Tom McClintock (R - Simi Valley)
Carole Migden (D - San Francisco)
Jim Morrissey (R - Anaheim)
Bill Morrow (R - Oceanside)
Kevin Murray (D - Los Angeles)
Grace Napolitano (D - Norwalk)
Keith Olberg (R - Victorville)
Rico Oller (R - San Andreas)
Deborah Ortiz (D - Sacramento)
Rod Pacheco (R - Riverside)
Lou Papan (D - Millbrae)
Charles Poochigian (R - Fresno)
Robert Prenter (R - Hanford)
Curt Pringle (R - Garden Grove)
Bernie Richter (R - Chico)
George Runner (R - Lancaster)
Jack Scott (D - Altadena)
Kevin Shelley (D - San Francisco)
Virginia Strom-Martin (D - Duncans Mills)
Mike Sweeney (D - Hayward)
Nao Takasugi (R - Oxnard)
Helen Thomson (D - Davis)
Tom Torlakson (D - Antioch)
Antonio Villaraigosa (D - Los Angeles)
Edward Vicent (D - Inglewood)
Carl Washington (D - Paramount)
Howard Wayne (D - San Diego)
Scott Wildman (D - Los Angeles)
Tom Woods (R - Shasta)
Roderick Wright (D - Sth. Cntrl. Los Angeles)

NOES
Dick Ackerman (R - Fullerton)
Gary Miller (R - Diamond Bar)
Bruce Thompson (R - Fallbrook)

NOT VOTING
Marilyn Brewer (R - Newport Beach)
Dick Floyd (D - Wilmington)
Don Perata (D - Alameda)
vacancy (Louis Caldera’s seat)

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