---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: civil action."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: civil action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1274"
citation: "California AB 1274 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: civil action."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frusetta"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f46a87-f70d-4a31-8a7d-586d9a215519"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274"
source_hash: "1bbc80382154989af79042890320405eb7891a31ccb8019411e38661e5954bef"
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 AB 1274 (19992000) — Political Reform Act of 1974: civil action.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274&version=19990AB127499INT)
2. **05/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274&version=19990AB127498AMD)
3. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274&version=19990AB127497AMD)
4. **09/29/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274&version=19990AB127495CHP)
5. **AB1274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274)
6. **08/31/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1274&version=19990AB127496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1274 Frusetta By Murray Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1274 FRUSETTA 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1274 FRUSETTA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frusetta — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 3668.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2651.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 2133.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-13** Joint Rule 62 (a), file notice waived. Joint Rule 61 (a)(3) suspended.
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74f46a87-f70d-4a31-8a7d-586d9a215519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).