---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: voluntary expenditure limits."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: voluntary expenditure limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3101"
citation: "California AB 3101 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: voluntary expenditure limits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-03-18"
last_action: "2004-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/702ac831-37e0-4b5a-b67d-50acd6154d3f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3101"
source_hash: "0e86491df3d5fbeffb2342ff362ab8ba012e488ed88a7f8fc20c213223f4eb55"
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 3101 (20032004) — Political Reform Act of 1974: voluntary expenditure limits.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3101&version=20030AB310199INT)
2. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3101&version=20030AB310198AMD)
3. **07/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3101&version=20030AB310196CHP)
4. **AB3101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3101)
5. **07/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3101&version=20030AB310197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab3101 committee on e.r.& ca (longville) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 3101 e.,r.& c.a. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4626.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** 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`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5765.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
- **2004-03-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/702ac831-37e0-4b5a-b67d-50acd6154d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).