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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign expenditures: limitations.	(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 authorizes certain candidates and elective officers to establish a separate legal defense fund campaign account to defray attorney's fees and other related legal costs incurred in the defense of the candidate or elective officer who is subject to one or more civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings arising directly out of the conduct of an election campaign, the electoral process, or the performance of the officers' governmental activities and duties, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 71	California SB 71 (20192020)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign expenditures: limitations.	enacted	Leyva	6	27	8	2019-01-09	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/602c448a-0bdf-4e80-aaa3-c173ddae8c36	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB71	2200c1584e19a5837b7cf6e0834aa098bfda9ce69623350481e1875120b43b74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 71 (20192020) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign expenditures: limitations.

(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 authorizes certain candidates and elective officers to establish a separate legal defense fund campaign account to defray attorney's fees and other related legal costs incurred in the defense of the candidate or elective officer who is subject to one or more civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings arising directly out of the conduct of an election campaign, the electoral process, or the performance of the officers' governmental activities and duties, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB71 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 71 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Berman — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB71 Leyva Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Leyva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
• 2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Set for hearing March 19.
• 2019-03-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 367.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1089.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1383.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 August 14 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-08-21 August 21 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-08-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-28 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2019-09-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3438.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 564, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/602c448a-0bdf-4e80-aaa3-c173ddae8c36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).