Legislation: batch E — CA TN VA VT WA WI WV WY

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-794.md

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits."
+description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 comprehensively regulates campaign finance, including by limiting contributions that may be made to or received by certain candidates or committees, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "SB 794"
+citation: "California SB 794 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-19"
+last_action: "2022-09-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26000bac-c184-44d7-8b3e-b51e7138994c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794"
+source_hash: "b2a9125ba7c6322b6810ff78e4c2c325b633ca87c5a4cf5da0cf79cc9ce6c619"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 794 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.
+
+The Political Reform Act of 1974 comprehensively regulates campaign finance, including by limiting contributions that may be made to or received by certain candidates or committees, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79499INT)
+2. **06/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79498AMD)
+3. **06/30/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79497AMD)
+4. **08/11/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79496AMD)
+5. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79494CHP)
+6. **SB794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794)
+7. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79495ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB794 Glazer Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 794 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Bryan — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar SB794 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Glazer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
+- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
+- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
+- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing April 26.
+- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 975.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-08-11** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6178.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2022-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
+- **2022-08-25** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5112.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-08-29** Set for hearing August 29.
+- **2022-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5248.) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5276.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 816, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26000bac-c184-44d7-8b3e-b51e7138994c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+