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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: ballot measure contributions."
description: "Existing law requires each campaign committee formed or existing primarily to support or oppose a statewide ballot measure to file with the Secretary of State periodic reports identifying the sources and amounts of contributions received during specified periods. Existing law, including the Political Reform Act of 1974, also specifies information required to be included in the state ballot pamphlet for each statewide ballot measure to be voted upon."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "California SB 844 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: ballot measure contributions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-01-08"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ac2a66f-2c9e-4bd9-a012-6c17adab60fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844"
source_hash: "d21fde5113a39c49aa98b799d778e717b5540d4577183db46dd783ae13cf3834"
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 844 (20132014) — Elections: ballot measure contributions.
Existing law requires each campaign committee formed or existing primarily to support or oppose a statewide ballot measure to file with the Secretary of State periodic reports identifying the sources and amounts of contributions received during specified periods. Existing law, including the Political Reform Act of 1974, also specifies information required to be included in the state ballot pamphlet for each statewide ballot measure to be voted upon.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/08/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84499INT)
2. **03/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84498AMD)
3. **05/05/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84497AMD)
4. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84496AMD)
5. **06/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84495AMD)
6. **06/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84494AMD)
7. **08/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84493AMD)
8. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84492AMD)
9. **08/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84491AMD)
10. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84489CHP)
11. **SB844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844)
12. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB844&version=20130SB84490ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB844 Pavley Concurrence — **360** (pass) · upper
- SB 844 Pavley Senate Third Reading By FONG — **781** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **61** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pavley — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-28** Set for hearing March 18.
- **2014-03-12** 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`
- **2014-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2927.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2014-04-01** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-05-05** 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`
- **2014-05-06** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3703.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3656.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** 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`
- **2014-06-17** 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`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** 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`
- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6284.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 6416.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 920, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ac2a66f-2c9e-4bd9-a012-6c17adab60fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).