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type: "Bill"
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title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: mass mailing prohibition."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 45"
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citation: "California SB 45 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: mass mailing prohibition."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-12-05"
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last_action: "2017-10-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/571c15f3-26e9-44d2-8686-3d6e5229913f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45"
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source_hash: "fbc1d48b7d2b052692814b67ff59264769907fc02bf550a60f7275cce3899656"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 45 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: mass mailing prohibition.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4599INT)
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2. **04/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4598AMD)
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3. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4597AMD)
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4. **04/24/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4596AMD)
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5. **07/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4595AMD)
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6. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4593CHP)
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7. **SB45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45)
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8. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB45&version=20170SB4594ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent SB45 Mendoza et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 45 Mendoza Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mendoza — primary (person)
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- Bates — coauthor (person)
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- Brough — coauthor (person)
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- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-12-05** (Corrected December 6).
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- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
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- **2017-01-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2017-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
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- **2017-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1176.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1263.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-15** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2017-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2852.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2017-09-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 827, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/571c15f3-26e9-44d2-8686-3d6e5229913f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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