--- type: "Bill" title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits." description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 comprehensively regulates campaign finance, including by limiting contributions that may be made to or received by certain candidates or committees, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 794" citation: "California SB 794 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"] version_count: 7 action_count: 31 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2021-02-19" last_action: "2022-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26000bac-c184-44d7-8b3e-b51e7138994c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794" source_hash: "b2a9125ba7c6322b6810ff78e4c2c325b633ca87c5a4cf5da0cf79cc9ce6c619" 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 794 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits. The Political Reform Act of 1974 comprehensively regulates campaign finance, including by limiting contributions that may be made to or received by certain candidates or committees, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79499INT) 2. **06/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79498AMD) 3. **06/30/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79497AMD) 4. **08/11/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79496AMD) 5. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79494CHP) 6. **SB794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794) 7. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB794&version=20210SB79495ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB794 Glazer Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 794 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Bryan — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar SB794 — **36–0** (pass) · upper - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — **8–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Glazer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing April 26. - **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 975.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-11** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6178.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2022-08-25** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5112.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2022-08-29** Set for hearing August 29. - **2022-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5248.) `committee-passage` - **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5276.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 816, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26000bac-c184-44d7-8b3e-b51e7138994c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).