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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbying.	Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulates the activities of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers in connection with attempts to influence legislative and administrative action by legislative and other state officials, including by requiring that lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers register and file periodic reports with the Secretary of State.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 459	California SB 459 (20212022)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbying.	enacted	Allen	10	35	8	2021-02-16	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/70e0c072-de02-4014-bc9e-c7e22c18597a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB459	8337670c934440ab725d516ebb2f2e23f39f76bd66d6a3a52536aaab7ff8f345	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 459 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbying.

Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulates the activities of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers in connection with attempts to influence legislative and administrative action by legislative and other state officials, including by requiring that lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers register and file periodic reports with the Secretary of State.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/28/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/23/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/06/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB459 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/06/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 459 Allen Senate Third Reading By Mullin — 62–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB459 Allen et al. — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB459 Allen et al. Concurrence — 33–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1192.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-08-24 August 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for second hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 5419.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 873, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70e0c072-de02-4014-bc9e-c7e22c18597a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).