Political Reform Act of 1974: committee accounts and campaign funds.
(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. The act prohibits the use of campaign funds for certain purposes, including expenditures that confer a substantial personal benefit that is not directly related to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose. The act makes any person who makes or receives an honorarium, gift, or expenditure in violation of the provisions relating to campaign funds liable in a civil action brought by the Fair Political Practices Commission for an amount of up to 3 times the amount of the unlawful honorarium, gift, or expenditure.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 1367
California AB 1367 (20212022)
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Political Reform Act of 1974: committee accounts and campaign funds.
California AB 1367 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974: committee accounts and campaign funds.
(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. The act prohibits the use of campaign funds for certain purposes, including expenditures that confer a substantial personal benefit that is not directly related to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose. The act makes any person who makes or receives an honorarium, gift, or expenditure in violation of the provisions relating to campaign funds liable in a civil action brought by the Fair Political Practices Commission for an amount of up to 3 times the amount of the unlawful honorarium, gift, or expenditure.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Low — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
2021-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
2021-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
2021-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-10 From Consent Calendar.
2021-05-10 Ordered to third reading.
2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1585.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2021-07-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2222.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.