---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1501"
citation: "California AB 1501 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-01-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/787dd86e-c0ea-4aab-8d7d-b8e036cf3163"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501"
source_hash: "4ccc87b62ff44ef66409c5aeb8c37734ef05e7be4aff404a1261509cc60b56ca"
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 1501 (20032004) — Political Reform Act of 1974.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501&version=20030AB150199INT)
2. **01/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501&version=20030AB150195CHP)
3. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501&version=20030AB150198AMD)
4. **08/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501&version=20030AB150197AMD)
5. **AB1501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501)
6. **01/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1501&version=20030AB150196ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1501 levine consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1501 levine concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1501 levine by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-01-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-01-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-01-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 4207.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-09-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2375.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1253.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/787dd86e-c0ea-4aab-8d7d-b8e036cf3163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).