Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, from being considered a candidate for, or elected to, a state or local elective office. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that campaign funds under the control of a former candidate or elected officer are considered surplus campaign funds at a prescribed time, and it prohibits the use of surplus campaign funds except for specified purposes.
California SB 1107 (20152016) — Political Reform Act of 1974.
Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, from being considered a candidate for, or elected to, a state or local elective office. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides that campaign funds under the control of a former candidate or elected officer are considered surplus campaign funds at a prescribed time, and it prohibits the use of surplus campaign funds except for specified purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1107 Allen Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — 55–22 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1107 Allen Concurrence — 27–12 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 19.
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3608.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
2016-05-02 May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4003.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4043.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-06 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2016-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6493.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5579.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 837, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/979699d5-e889-485d-b20e-7409ea433eea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).