--- type: "Bill" title: "Political Reform Act of 1974." description: "Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, from being considered a candidate for, or elected to, a state or local elective office. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that campaign funds under the control of a former candidate or elected officer are considered surplus campaign funds at a prescribed time, and it prohibits the use of surplus campaign funds except for specified purposes." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 1107" citation: "California SB 1107 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Allen"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2016-02-17" last_action: "2016-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979699d5-e889-485d-b20e-7409ea433eea" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107" source_hash: "4b757926632810117bf96c3053e7c2a3a07e536e527a5d5c6470a209cc1ad5ff" 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 SB 1107 (20152016) — Political Reform Act of 1974. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, from being considered a candidate for, or elected to, a state or local elective office. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that campaign funds under the control of a former candidate or elected officer are considered surplus campaign funds at a prescribed time, and it prohibits the use of surplus campaign funds except for specified purposes. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110799INT) 2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110798AMD) 3. **06/21/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110797AMD) 4. **06/30/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110796AMD) 5. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110795AMD) 6. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110793CHP) 7. **SB1107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107) 8. **09/06/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1107&version=20150SB110794ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **14–6** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1107 Allen Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — **55–22** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1107 Allen Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Allen — primary (person) - Chiu — principal coauthor (person) - Gonzalez — coauthor (person) - Hancock — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 19. - **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3608.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2. - **2016-05-02** May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27. - **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4003.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4043.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6493.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5579.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 837, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/979699d5-e889-485d-b20e-7409ea433eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).