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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974."
description: "(1) 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, as defined, and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. The Fair Political Practices Commission administers and enforces the act. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "California SB 27 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 47
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2014-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86ad5eb5-5289-41c7-a321-34d4423e5476"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27"
source_hash: "ea5bb50eed1dda30f6bc471a484afffafabb751ce1e023c53652c08da91ed280"
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 27 (20132014) — Political Reform Act of 1974.
(1) 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, as defined, and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. The Fair Political Practices Commission administers and enforces the act. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2799INT)
2. **01/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2793AMD)
3. **04/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2798AMD)
4. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2792AMD)
5. **05/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2797AMD)
6. **05/14/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2790CHP)
7. **07/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2796AMD)
8. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2795AMD)
9. **08/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2794AMD)
10. **SB27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27)
11. **05/09/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB27&version=20130SB2791ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause) — **287** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **50** (pass) · upper
- SB 27 Correa Third Reading Urgency By GORDON — **5812** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **288** (pass) · upper
- SB 27 Correa Third Reading Urgency By GORDON — **5818** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB27 Correa Reconsider — **350** (pass) · upper
- SB 27 Correa Senate Third Reading Amend By GORDON Set #1**5023** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **51** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause) — **264** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **41** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Correa — primary (person)
- Gordon — principal coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 749.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1005.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1114.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-12** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Atkins.
- **2014-01-13** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Atkins.
- **2014-01-14** From inactive file.
- **2014-01-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-01-17** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 3622.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-02-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3871.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-02-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-03-17** Urgency clause refused adoption.
- **2014-03-17** Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 26. Noes 4. Page 2915.) `amendment-failure, committee-failure`
- **2014-03-17** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Correa.
- **2014-03-17** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2915.)
- **2014-04-03** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2014-04-03** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2014-04-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-04-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-04-10** Read third time and amended. (Page 4428.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 12. Page 4764.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-05-08** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2014-05-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 3414.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2014-05-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86ad5eb5-5289-41c7-a321-34d4423e5476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).