California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 1107 — Political Reform Act of 1974.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 837, Statutes of 2016.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2016. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, from being considered a candidate for, or elected to, a state or local elective office. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that campaign funds under the control of a former candidate or elected officer are considered surplus campaign funds at a prescribed time, and it prohibits the use of surplus campaign funds except for specified purposes. This bill would prohibit an officeholder who is convicted of one of those enumerated felonies from using funds held by that officeholder's candidate controlled committee for purposes other than certain purposes permitted for the use of surplus campaign funds. The bill would also require the officeholder to forfeit any remaining funds held 6 months after the conviction became final, and it would direct those funds to be deposited in the General Fund. The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a public officer from expending, and a candidate from accepting, public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office. This bill would permit a public officer or candidate to expend or accept public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office if the state or a local governmental entity established a dedicated fund for this purpose, as specified. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 837, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5579.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6493.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 11).

  10. August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

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

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15).

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

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4043.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4003.) (May 27).

  19. Set for hearing May 27.

  20. May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing May 2.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3608.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Set for hearing April 19.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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

  26. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1107 Allen Concurrence

Passed 27 Yea · 12 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 251100
Democratic 2100
Total 271200
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Block — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hueso — Nay
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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SB 1107 Allen Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ

Passed 55 Yea · 22 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 501703
Democratic 5000
Republican 0500
Total 552203
% of votes cast 69%28%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooper — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chau — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kim — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Mayes — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chu — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Olsen — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 14 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12400
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 14600
% of votes cast 70%30%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Chang — Nay
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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3rd Reading

Passed 26 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241102
Democratic 2100
Total 261202
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hueso — Not Voting
Huff — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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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
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1107 do?
Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, from being considered a candidate for, or elected to, a state or local elective office. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that campaign funds under the control of a former candidate or elected officer are considered surplus campaign funds at a prescribed time, and it prohibits the use of surplus campaign funds except for specified purposes. This bill would prohibit an officeholder who is convicted of one of those enumerated felonies from using funds held by that officeholder's candidate controlled committee for purposes other than certain purposes permitted for the use of surplus campaign funds. The bill would also require the officeholder to forfeit any remaining funds held 6 months after the conviction became final, and it would direct those funds to be deposited in the General Fund. The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a public officer from expending, and a candidate from accepting, public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office. This bill would permit a public officer or candidate to expend or accept public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office if the state or a local governmental entity established a dedicated fund for this purpose, as specified. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. 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.
Who sponsors SB 1107?
SB 1107 is sponsored by Chiu, Hancock, Allen, Benjamin (Democratic), and Gonzalez, Lena A. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1107?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2016. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 1107?
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