---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign contributions: agency officers."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits certain contributions of more than $250 to an officer of an agency by any party, participant, or party or participant's agent in a proceeding while a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use is pending before the agency and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered in the proceeding, as specified. The act requires disclosure on the record of the proceeding, as specified, of certain contributions of more than $250 within the preceding 12 months to an officer from a party or participant, or party's agent. The act disqualifies an officer from participating in a decision in a proceeding if the officer has willfully or knowingly received a contribution of more than $250 from a party or a party's agent, or a participant or a participant's agent, as specified. The act allows an officer to cure certain violations of these provisions by returning a contribution, or the portion of the contribution of in excess of $250, within 14 days of accepting, soliciting, or receiving the contribution, whichever comes latest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1243"
citation: "California SB 1243 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign contributions", "agency officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3795500-44f5-4680-9615-c4f3984945d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243"
source_hash: "bfd5dd4ddbaebe462196f84a6b72a0afa395816d0e71860acc828201b9761557"
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 1243 (20232024) — Campaign contributions: agency officers.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits certain contributions of more than $250 to an officer of an agency by any party, participant, or party or participant's agent in a proceeding while a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use is pending before the agency and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered in the proceeding, as specified. The act requires disclosure on the record of the proceeding, as specified, of certain contributions of more than $250 within the preceding 12 months to an officer from a party or participant, or party's agent. The act disqualifies an officer from participating in a decision in a proceeding if the officer has willfully or knowingly received a contribution of more than $250 from a party or a party's agent, or a participant or a participant's agent, as specified. The act allows an officer to cure certain violations of these provisions by returning a contribution, or the portion of the contribution of in excess of $250, within 14 days of accepting, soliciting, or receiving the contribution, whichever comes latest.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124399INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124398AMD)
3. **05/08/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124397AMD)
4. **06/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124396AMD)
5. **06/27/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124395AMD)
6. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124394AMD)
7. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124393AMD)
8. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124391CHP)
9. **SB1243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243)
10. **09/06/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1243&version=20230SB124392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 1243 Dodd Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1243 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2024-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3811.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 4032.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** 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`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 7040.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5780.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1017, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3795500-44f5-4680-9615-c4f3984945d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).