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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates mass mailings, known as slate mailers, that support or oppose multiple candidates or ballot measures for an election. The act requires that each slate mailer identify the slate mailer organization that is sending the slate mailer and make other specified disclosures, and further requires the slate mailer organization to file periodic statements reporting payments received and expenditures made to produce slate mailers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "California SB 488 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/239e3b86-bda3-4cf5-896b-a743efbcb75b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB488"
source_hash: "33348b9e1cd5e950bf4a7e56eec4c2a2c07298aa2bbc05018da71b1f41172c03"
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 488 (20112012) — Political Reform Act of 1974: slate mailers.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates mass mailings, known as slate mailers, that support or oppose multiple candidates or ballot measures for an election. The act requires that each slate mailer identify the slate mailer organization that is sending the slate mailer and make other specified disclosures, and further requires the slate mailer organization to file periodic statements reporting payments received and expenditures made to produce slate mailers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB488&version=20110SB48899INT)
2. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB488&version=20110SB48898AMD)
3. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB488&version=20110SB48895CHP)
4. **SB488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB488)
5. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB488&version=20110SB48896ENR)
## Votes
- SB 488 Correa Conference Report By FONG — **5918** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · lower
- SB 488 Correa Senate Third Reading By HALL — **6512** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB488 Correa Concurrence — **268** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **94** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB488 Correa Reconsider — **390** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB488 Correa Concurrence — **2510** (fail) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **32** (pass) · upper
- Conference Reports SB488 Correa Concurrence — **278** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **287** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Correa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 853.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1173.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 2698.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2253.) `committee-failure, amendment-failure`
- **2011-09-01** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Correa.
- **2011-09-01** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2253.)
- **2011-09-07** Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 2368.) `committee-failure, amendment-failure`
- **2012-08-14** Senators Correa, Dutton, and Lieu appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2012-08-14** Assembly Members Fong, Bonilla, and Hagman appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2012-08-16** Senators Correa, Gaines, and Lieu appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2012-08-16** From Conference Committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 4: Senators Lieu and Correa and Assembly Members Bonilla and Fong. Noes 1: Assembly Member Hagman. Page 4533.) (August 15.)
- **2012-08-30** Assembly adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 6675.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 5097.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 865, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/239e3b86-bda3-4cf5-896b-a743efbcb75b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).