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 358
California SB 358 (20172018)
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Political Reform Act of 1974: Secretary of State: online filing and disclosure system.
California SB 358 (20172018) — 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.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2017-03-08 Set for hearing March 21.
2017-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 428.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-03-24 Set for hearing April 3.
2017-04-03 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 643.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-06 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2853.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2017-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 624, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c448c11-ccfa-4650-85bb-0dd21db7106b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).