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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts of travel.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and related matters, including the reporting of gifts, as defined. The act prohibits specified officers from receiving gifts in excess of $440 in value from a single source in a calendar year. The act exempts gift payments for the actual costs of specified types of travel that are reasonably related to a legislative or governmental purpose, or to an issue of state, national, or international public policy, from the annual limit on the value of gifts from a single source.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 21	California SB 21 (20152016)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts of travel.	enacted	Hill	6	29	10	2014-12-01	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/742ab541-d5bf-4bb9-a302-b25d37b4365e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB21	2c4f73fcd7e6fb9aca7e2f211faa6dddee3e39e55cf730839c176ef265a99bd9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 21 (20152016) — Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts of travel.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and related matters, including the reporting of gifts, as defined. The act prohibits specified officers from receiving gifts in excess of $440 in value from a single source in a calendar year. The act exempts gift payments for the actual costs of specified types of travel that are reasonably related to a legislative or governmental purpose, or to an issue of state, national, or international public policy, from the annual limit on the value of gifts from a single source.

Version chain

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

1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB21 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB21 Hill Concurrence Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 21 Hill Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB21 Hill Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB21 Hill Concurrence — 37–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
• 2015-01-15 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 523.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2015-04-20 April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1145.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 1192.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-15 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 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
• 2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-26 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
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2952.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2659.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-10 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hill.
• 2015-09-10 Reconsideration granted.
• 2015-09-10 (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2677.)
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2678.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 757, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/742ab541-d5bf-4bb9-a302-b25d37b4365e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).