(1) Under existing law, the Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act governs charitable corporations, unincorporated associations trustees, commercial fundraisers, fundraising counsel, commercial coventurers, and other legal entities who hold or solicit property for charitable purposes over which the Attorney General has enforcement and supervisory powers. The act requires that any person who violates any provision of the act with the intent to deceive or defraud be liable for a specified civil penalty. The act also requires that any person who violates any provision of the act, regardless of intent, is liable for a specified civil penalty.
California AB 2327 (20112012) — Charitable organizations: enforcement.
(1) Under existing law, the Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act governs charitable corporations, unincorporated associations trustees, commercial fundraisers, fundraising counsel, commercial coventurers, and other legal entities who hold or solicit property for charitable purposes over which the Attorney General has enforcement and supervisory powers. The act requires that any person who violates any provision of the act with the intent to deceive or defraud be liable for a specified civil penalty. The act also requires that any person who violates any provision of the act, regardless of intent, is liable for a specified civil penalty.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-04-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 10. Page 4826.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 4693.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 18. Page 6318.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
2012-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 483, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25559356-956d-4efe-bc36-0a192a044f77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).