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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: mass mailing prohibition.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits sending mass mailings at public expense. The act defines "mass mailing" as over 200 substantially similar pieces of mail not including form letters or other mail that is sent in response to an unsolicited request, letter, or other inquiry. An existing regulation adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission prescribes criteria for mass mailings that are prohibited by the act and for mass mailings that are permissible under the act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 45	California SB 45 (20172018)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: mass mailing prohibition.	enacted	Mendoza	8	30	2	2016-12-05	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/571c15f3-26e9-44d2-8686-3d6e5229913f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45	fbc1d48b7d2b052692814b67ff59264769907fc02bf550a60f7275cce3899656	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 45 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: mass mailing prohibition.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits sending mass mailings at public expense. The act defines "mass mailing" as over 200 substantially similar pieces of mail not including form letters or other mail that is sent in response to an unsolicited request, letter, or other inquiry. An existing regulation adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission prescribes criteria for mass mailings that are prohibited by the act and for mass mailings that are permissible under the act.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB45 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB45 Mendoza et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 45 Mendoza Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mendoza — primary (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Brough — coauthor (person)
• Nguyen — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-12-05 (Corrected December 6).
• 2016-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
• 2017-01-12 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2017-04-06 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
• 2017-04-17 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
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 743.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1176.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1263.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 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 2852.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-05 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 827, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/571c15f3-26e9-44d2-8686-3d6e5229913f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).