---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Political Reform Act of 1974: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires each campaign committee, as specified, to file a statement of organization. For a campaign committee that does not support or oppose one or more candidates or ballot measures as its primary activity, the statement of organization must include, among other things, a brief description of the committee's political activities, including whether it supports or opposes candidates or measures and whether such candidates or measures have common characteristics, such as a political party affiliation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1418"
citation: "California AB 1418 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Political Reform Act of 1974: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68b1e5f0-59d8-4f57-a4a8-12e0d4402797"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1418"
source_hash: "e87a92fe5e059a805bbbedb74a638bec66d8d58e75ae7f93a51e5eefc2a7482e"
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 1418 (20132014) — The Political Reform Act of 1974: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires each campaign committee, as specified, to file a statement of organization. For a campaign committee that does not support or oppose one or more candidates or ballot measures as its primary activity, the statement of organization must include, among other things, a brief description of the committee's political activities, including whether it supports or opposes candidates or measures and whether such candidates or measures have common characteristics, such as a political party affiliation.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1418&version=20130AB141899INT)
2. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1418&version=20130AB141897CHP)
3. **AB1418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1418)
4. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1418&version=20130AB141898ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1418 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Torres — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1418 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** From printer. May be heard in committee April 20.
- **2013-04-01** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1345.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-03** From consent calendar.
- **2013-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-07-03** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Torres.
- **2013-09-03** From inactive file.
- **2013-09-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2253.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68b1e5f0-59d8-4f57-a4a8-12e0d4402797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).