California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 594 — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign statements.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2015.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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 and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. The act requires elected officers, candidates, and committees to file various reports, including semiannual reports, preelection statements, and supplemental preelection statements. This bill would recast the requirements for filing preelection statements and would repeal other reporting requirements, including supplemental preelection statements and supplemental independent expenditure reports. The act defines "committee" to include a person or combination of persons who receives contributions or makes independent expenditures of $1,000 or more in a calendar year. The act defines "late contributions" and "late independent expenditures" for purposes of the act to include certain contributions and independent expenditures, respectively, that are made within 90 days before the date of the election. This bill would revise the definition of "committee" by increasing the qualifying monetary threshold to $2,000 for contributions received by a person or combination of persons. This bill would revise the definitions of "late contributions" and "late independent expenditures" to specify that those terms also include contributions and independent expenditures that are made on the date of the election. The bill would also make conforming changes. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of a 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 364, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2736.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2292.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1335.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29).

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended.

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

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Gordon · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Gordon

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 594 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB594 Gordon By Allen

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pan — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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AB 594 GORDON Assembly Third Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Linder — Yea
Salas — Yea
Low — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wilk — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Kim — Yea
Burke — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gray — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Medina — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 594 do?
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 and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. The act requires elected officers, candidates, and committees to file various reports, including semiannual reports, preelection statements, and supplemental preelection statements. This bill would recast the requirements for filing preelection statements and would repeal other reporting requirements, including supplemental preelection statements and supplemental independent expenditure reports. The act defines "committee" to include a person or combination of persons who receives contributions or makes independent expenditures of $1,000 or more in a calendar year. The act defines "late contributions" and "late independent expenditures" for purposes of the act to include certain contributions and independent expenditures, respectively, that are made within 90 days before the date of the election. This bill would revise the definition of "committee" by increasing the qualifying monetary threshold to $2,000 for contributions received by a person or combination of persons. This bill would revise the definitions of "late contributions" and "late independent expenditures" to specify that those terms also include contributions and independent expenditures that are made on the date of the election. The bill would also make conforming changes. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of a 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 AB 594?
AB 594 is sponsored by Gordon.
What is the current status of AB 594?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 594?
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