High-Speed Rail Authority: conflicts of interest: disqualification.
Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibit a public official at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or attempting to use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which he or she knows or has reason to know that he or she has a financial interest, as defined. Existing law also requires specified elected and appointed officers at the state and local levels of government to disclose specified financial interests by filing periodic statements of economic interests. Existing law further requires public officials who hold specified offices and who have a financial interest in a decision within the meaning of the Political Reform Act of 1974 to publicly identify the financial interest giving rise to the conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, recuse themselves from discussing and voting on the matter, and leave the room until after the discussion, vote, and other disposition of the matter is concluded, except as specified.
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California Legislature
20112012
AB 41
California AB 41 (20112012)
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High-Speed Rail Authority: conflicts of interest: disqualification.
California AB 41 (20112012) — High-Speed Rail Authority: conflicts of interest: disqualification.
Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibit a public official at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or attempting to use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which he or she knows or has reason to know that he or she has a financial interest, as defined. Existing law also requires specified elected and appointed officers at the state and local levels of government to disclose specified financial interests by filing periodic statements of economic interests. Existing law further requires public officials who hold specified offices and who have a financial interest in a decision within the meaning of the Political Reform Act of 1974 to publicly identify the financial interest giving rise to the conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, recuse themselves from discussing and voting on the matter, and leave the room until after the discussion, vote, and other disposition of the matter is concluded, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB41 Hill By Lowenthal Urgency Clause — 36–0 (pass) · upper
AB 41 HILL Concurrence - Urgency Added — 74–2 (pass) · lower
AB 41 HILL Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB41 Hill By Lowenthal — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-12-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-12-07 From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
2011-01-24 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2011-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 981.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2011-06-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-14 From consent calendar.
2011-07-14 Ordered to third reading.
2011-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2360.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
2012-01-09 From inactive file.
2012-01-09 Ordered to the unfinished business file.
2012-01-13 Ordered to the Senate.
2012-01-13 In Senate. Held at Desk.
2012-02-15 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
2012-02-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-02-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-03-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-04-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5022.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2012-08-30 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 6689.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 626, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acdf6873-0caa-4286-a268-a3f4c1a7c90d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).