republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1441.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions."
description: "Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. \"Contribution\" is defined for purposes of the act as a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, except to the extent that full and adequate consideration is received, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes. The definition does not include a payment made by an occupant of a home or office for costs related to any meeting or fundraising event held in the occupant's home or office if the costs for the meeting or fundraising event are $500 or less."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1441"
citation: "California SB 1441 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d09e3c6-d608-464f-9f7c-ad1554f089f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441"
source_hash: "008285d733419a8cb7ca9ea403990fbf6ed47872cffa4d6ed6780fd0f8c3775b"
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 1441 (20132014) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions.

Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. "Contribution" is defined for purposes of the act as a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, except to the extent that full and adequate consideration is received, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes. The definition does not include a payment made by an occupant of a home or office for costs related to any meeting or fundraising event held in the occupant's home or office if the costs for the meeting or fundraising event are $500 or less.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441&version=20130SB144199INT)
2. **04/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441&version=20130SB144198AMD)
3. **08/14/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441&version=20130SB144197AMD)
4. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441&version=20130SB144195CHP)
5. **SB1441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441)
6. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1441&version=20130SB144196ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1441 Lara Senate Third Reading By GARCIA — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1441 Lara Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — author (person)
- De León — author (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Hill — author (person)
- Monning — author (person)
- Roth — author (person)
- Steinberg — author (person)
- Torres — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3234.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3387.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3438.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time and amended. (Page 6020.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6539.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4951.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 930, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d09e3c6-d608-464f-9f7c-ad1554f089f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).