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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026."
+description: "Existing law, 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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 42"
+citation: "California SB 42 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CaliforniaFairElectionsActof2026", "PoliticalReformActof1974", "publiccampaignfinancing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2025-10-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec7346a-9156-4754-a754-6ec64994bca4"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42"
+source_hash: "6e3c292ad27f421bf590ebae677c79ca7a2cb3306ded16b001cfea153ded6abe"
+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 42 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.
+
+Existing law, 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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **12/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4299INT)
+2. **02/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4298AMD)
+3. **04/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4297AMD)
+4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4296AMD)
+5. **06/25/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4295AMD)
+6. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4294AMD)
+7. **10/02/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4292CHP)
+8. **SB42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42)
+9. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB42&version=20250SB4293ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading SB42 Umberg et al. — **28–10** (pass) · upper
+- Unfinished Business SB42 Umberg et al. Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- SB 42 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Lee — **59–20** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Umberg — primary (person)
+- Allen — author (person)
+- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
+- Becker — principal coauthor (person)
+- Bennett — coauthor (person)
+- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
+- Blakespear — principal coauthor (person)
+- Cervantes — author (person)
+- Cortese — coauthor (person)
+- Haney — coauthor (person)
+- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
+- Lee — principal coauthor (person)
+- McNerney — coauthor (person)
+- Ortega — coauthor (person)
+- Pellerin — principal coauthor (person)
+- Pérez — coauthor (person)
+- Rogers — coauthor (person)
+- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
+- Schultz — coauthor (person)
+- Solache — coauthor (person)
+- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
+- Wiener — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2024-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
+- **2025-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-14** Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Set for hearing April 1.
+- **2025-04-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 608.) (April 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 21.
+- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
+- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1189.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1372.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25** 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`
+- **2025-07-02** Coauthors revised.
+- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-16** July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3424.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3038.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eec7346a-9156-4754-a754-6ec64994bca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+