---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: reporting."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the filing of reports of contributions and expenditures. Among its provisions, the act requires a slate mailer organization, as defined, to file semiannual campaign statements for each 6-month period in which it has received or expended $500 or more for the production of a slate mailer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1514"
citation: "California AB 1514 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87fe17d2-8dff-4080-9870-0cbce87ff16e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514"
source_hash: "977cb3d2ab6f379021f923ea05825224373873ca1707df7a5fc84addf2dc6ef1"
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 1514 (20092010) — Political Reform Act of 1974: reporting.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the filing of reports of contributions and expenditures. Among its provisions, the act requires a slate mailer organization, as defined, to file semiannual campaign statements for each 6-month period in which it has received or expended $500 or more for the production of a slate mailer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151499INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151498AMD)
3. **04/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151497AMD)
4. **05/27/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151493AMD)
5. **06/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151496AMD)
6. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151491CHP)
7. **08/19/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151495AMD)
8. **08/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151494AMD)
9. **AB1514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514)
10. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1514&version=20090AB151492ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1514 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1514 Hayashi — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1514 Hayashi Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1514 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1514 Hayashi By DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayashi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** (Corrected April 3.)
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1619.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. Passage refused in Senate. (Ayes 24. Noes 2. Page 2347.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** Motion to reconsider made by Senator DeSaulnier.
- **2009-09-09** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2347.)
- **2009-09-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator DeSaulnier.
- **2010-01-28** From inactive file.
- **2010-01-28** To second reading.
- **2010-02-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4093.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 5920.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 77, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87fe17d2-8dff-4080-9870-0cbce87ff16e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).