California Higher Education Facilities Bond (2018)

California Higher Education Facilities Bond
Election date November 6, 2018
Topic Bond issues and Education
Status Not on the ballot
Type Bond issue	Origin State Legislature
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The California Higher Education Facilities Bond was not on the ballot in California as a legislatively referred bond act on November 6, 2018.

The measure would have authorized $7 billion in general obligation bonds for the construction and remodeling of existing and new higher education facilities at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and California State University.

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See also: Authorizing bonds in California

Section 1 of Article XVI of the California Constitution requires that bond issues of $300,000 or more be referred to voters for approval or rejection. The California State Legislature is required to pass bond acts by a two-thirds vote of all the members in both legislative chambers. The governor must also sign the bond act.

The bond act was introduced into the legislature as Assembly Bill 2771 (AB 2771) on February 16, 2018. On May 31, 2018, the California State Assembly passed the bill 58 to 12 with eight members not voting. As there were two vacancies in the state Assembly, 53 votes were required to pass the bill.

Vote in the California State Assembly May 31, 2018
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 53  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	58	12	8
Total percent	74.36%	15.38%	10.26%
Democrat	53	0	0
Republican	5	12	8

See also

2018 measures

• 2018 ballot measures
• Bond issues on the ballot
• Education on the ballot

California

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• California ballot measure laws

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External links

• Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 2018