---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1430"
citation: "California AB 1430 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db978b4f-71cc-4234-8c06-c849a07c529c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430"
source_hash: "fe0697bc691f179e3a6969252c44083190ef89a0694ee1c6d38a741228863d80"
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 1430 (20072008) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430&version=20070AB143099INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430&version=20070AB143098AMD)
3. **05/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430&version=20070AB143097AMD)
4. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430&version=20070AB143095CHP)
5. **AB1430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430)
6. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1430&version=20070AB143096ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1430 Garrick By Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1430 GARRICK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrick — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1615.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2406.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 708, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db978b4f-71cc-4234-8c06-c849a07c529c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).