Political Reform Act of 1974: Secretary of State: online filing and disclosure system.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective office, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other entities, to file periodic campaign statements. The act requires that these campaign statements contain prescribed information related to campaign contributions and expenditures of the filing entities. Existing law, the Online Disclosure Act, requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop online and electronic filing processes for use by these persons and entities.
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SB 1349
California SB 1349 (20152016)
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Political Reform Act of 1974: Secretary of State: online filing and disclosure system.
California SB 1349 (20152016) — Political Reform Act of 1974: Secretary of State: online filing and disclosure system.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective office, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other entities, to file periodic campaign statements. The act requires that these campaign statements contain prescribed information related to campaign contributions and expenditures of the filing entities. Existing law, the Online Disclosure Act, requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop online and electronic filing processes for use by these persons and entities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1349 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hertzberg — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Brough — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Dababneh — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
Olsen — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2016-03-17 Set for hearing April 5.
2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3392.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-08 Set for hearing April 18.
2016-04-12 April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-15 Set for hearing April 25.
2016-04-18 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
2016-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4008.) (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 38. Noes 0. Page 4054.) 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
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-21 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
2016-06-29 June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (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
2016-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6374.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5534.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 845, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47d6f9a9-2fc5-4b43-8526-6b8754d08b63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).