California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 27 — Political Reform Act of 1974.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2014.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 03, 2012. Enacted.

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Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    11 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, as defined, and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. The Fair Political Practices Commission administers and enforces the act. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would revise the definition of "contribution" to include certain payments made by a person to a multipurpose organization, as specified. This bill would require multipurpose organizations that meet specified criteria to comply with the registration and campaign reporting requirements of the act, as specified, including the disclosure of information relating to the organization's donors. This bill would require state ballot measure committees and state candidate committees that raise $1,000,000 or more for an election to maintain an accurate list of the committee's top 10 contributors. This bill would require a committee to provide accurate lists of these contributors to the Commission, and would require the Commission to post the top 10 contributor lists on its Internet Web site, as specified, and to post updates to those lists when prescribed events occur. The bill would require the Commission to provide copies of the top 10 contributor lists to the Secretary of State, at the Secretary of State's request, for purposes of posting those lists on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site. (2) The act requires a candidate or committee that receives contributions of $5,000 or more from any person to inform the contributor within 2 weeks that he or she may be subject to the act's reporting requirements. This bill would require that the candidate or committee inform the contributor within one week for a contribution of $10,000 or more received during the period in which late contribution reports must be filed. The bill would also require the notifications to reference the reporting requirements for multipurpose organizations. By expanding the scope of existing crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare a ballot pamphlet that includes specified information with respect to an election. This bill would require the Secretary of State to include in the ballot pamphlet a written explanation of the top 10 contributor lists required by the bill, including a description of the Internet Web sites where those lists would be available to the public. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (5) The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act. (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. The bill would delay the operative date of its provisions until July 1, 2014.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 3414.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Urgency clause adopted.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 12. Page 4764.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. (Page 4428.)

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate.

  12. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  13. Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2915.)

  15. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Correa.

  16. Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 26. Noes 4. Page 2915.)

  17. Urgency clause refused adoption.

  18. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  19. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3871.) Ordered to the Senate.

  20. Ordered to third reading.

  21. Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 3622.)

  22. Ordered to third reading.

  23. From inactive file.

  24. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Atkins.

  25. Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Atkins.

  26. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  27. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30).

  28. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  29. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  30. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  31. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

  32. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

  33. Referred to Com. on E. & R.

  34. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  35. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1114.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  36. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  37. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1005.) (May 23).

  38. Set for hearing May 23.

  39. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  40. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  41. Set for hearing May 13.

  42. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 749.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  43. Set for hearing April 30.

  44. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

  45. Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

  46. From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.

  47. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Correa · Primary
  • Gordon · Cosponsor
  • Pavley · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Correa

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Gordon
  • Pavley

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause)

Passed 28 Yea · 7 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 26704
Democratic 2001
Total 28705
% of votes cast 70%18%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Knight — Not Voting
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Beall — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Yee — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 27 Correa Third Reading Urgency By GORDON

Passed 58 Yea · 12 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54909
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 581209
% of votes cast 73%15%0%11%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Maienschein — Not Voting
Mansoor — Not Voting
Nestande — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hall — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Allen — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Ammiano — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Logue — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Not Voting
Fox — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Unfinished Business SB27 Correa Reconsider

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33003
Democratic 2001
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Torres — Yea
Walters — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Wyland — Not Voting
Liu — Not Voting
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause)

Failed 26 Yea · 4 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24408
Democratic 2001
Total 26409
% of votes cast 67%10%0%23%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Lara — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Cannella — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Hill — Yea
Knight — Nay
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Vidak — Not Voting
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Beall — Yea
Correa — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 27 Correa Third Reading Urgency By GORDON

Passed 58 Yea · 18 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 541603
Democratic 4000
Republican 0201
Total 581804
% of votes cast 73%23%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Nay
Maienschein — Not Voting
Mansoor — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Fox — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gordon — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Salas — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Allen — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Harkey — Not Voting
Conway — Nay
Bigelow — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Logue — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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SB 27 Correa Senate Third Reading Amend By GORDON Set #1

Passed 50 Yea · 23 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 462007
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 502307
% of votes cast 63%29%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Pan — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Medina — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gorell — Nay
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Allen — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Campos — Yea
Logue — Not Voting
Maienschein — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11500
Democratic 1000
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Linder — Nay
Pan — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Campos — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Hall — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 28 Yea · 8 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25803
Democratic 3000
Total 28803
% of votes cast 72%21%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Emmerson — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Wright — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
De León — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
De León — Yea
Lara — Yea
Walters — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 27 do?
(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, as defined, and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. The Fair Political Practices Commission administers and enforces the act. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would revise the definition of "contribution" to include certain payments made by a person to a multipurpose organization, as specified. This bill would require multipurpose organizations that meet specified criteria to comply with the registration and campaign reporting requirements of the act, as specified, including the disclosure of information relating to the organization's donors. This bill would require state ballot measure committees and state candidate committees that raise $1,000,000 or more for an election to maintain an accurate list of the committee's top 10 contributors. This bill would require a committee to provide accurate lists of these contributors to the Commission, and would require the Commission to post the top 10 contributor lists on its Internet Web site, as specified, and to post updates to those lists when prescribed events occur. The bill would require the Commission to provide copies of the top 10 contributor lists to the Secretary of State, at the Secretary of State's request, for purposes of posting those lists on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site. (2) The act requires a candidate or committee that receives contributions of $5,000 or more from any person to inform the contributor within 2 weeks that he or she may be subject to the act's reporting requirements. This bill would require that the candidate or committee inform the contributor within one week for a contribution of $10,000 or more received during the period in which late contribution reports must be filed. The bill would also require the notifications to reference the reporting requirements for multipurpose organizations. By expanding the scope of existing crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare a ballot pamphlet that includes specified information with respect to an election. This bill would require the Secretary of State to include in the ballot pamphlet a written explanation of the top 10 contributor lists required by the bill, including a description of the Internet Web sites where those lists would be available to the public. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (5) The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act. (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. The bill would delay the operative date of its provisions until July 1, 2014.
Who sponsors SB 27?
SB 27 is sponsored by Correa, Gordon, and Pavley.
What is the current status of SB 27?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 03, 2012. Enacted.
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