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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.	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 and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. The act generally provides for the filing of campaign statements and reports by various means, including personal delivery, guaranteed overnight delivery, facsimile transmission, and online transmission. The act requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop online and electronic filing processes for persons and entities that are required to file statements and reports with the Secretary of State's office. The act requires certain persons and entities to file online or electronically with the Secretary of State if their political contributions, expenditures, or loans reach specified monetary thresholds.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1239	California SB 1239 (20172018)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.	enacted	Hertzberg	10	29	6	2018-02-15	2018-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/288ad106-796d-4129-aace-ab2aae82d2d2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1239	265e35ad03b69e35e639851838b3c1c8344a043cb4f900d0f28bb4993a9fb5d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1239 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.

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 and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. The act generally provides for the filing of campaign statements and reports by various means, including personal delivery, guaranteed overnight delivery, facsimile transmission, and online transmission. The act requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop online and electronic filing processes for persons and entities that are required to file statements and reports with the Secretary of State's office. The act requires certain persons and entities to file online or electronically with the Secretary of State if their political contributions, expenditures, or loans reach specified monetary thresholds.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/13/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/21/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB1239 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1239 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1239 Hertzberg Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4697.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2018-04-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-30 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4966.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 June 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-13 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-13 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6602.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5873.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 662, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/288ad106-796d-4129-aace-ab2aae82d2d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).