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Bill Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, prohibits a public officer from expending, and a candidate from accepting, public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 42 California SB 42 (20252026)
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California SB 42 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.

Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, prohibits a public officer from expending, and a candidate from accepting, public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/05/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 02/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 10/02/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. SB42 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 52 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading SB42 Umberg et al. — 2810 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB42 Umberg et al. Concurrence — 298 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 60 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 41 (pass) · upper
  • SB 42 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Lee — 5920 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 114 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Umberg — primary (person)
  • Allen — author (person)
  • Arreguín — coauthor (person)
  • Becker — principal coauthor (person)
  • Bennett — coauthor (person)
  • Berman — principal coauthor (person)
  • Blakespear — principal coauthor (person)
  • Cervantes — author (person)
  • Cortese — coauthor (person)
  • Haney — coauthor (person)
  • Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
  • Lee — principal coauthor (person)
  • McNerney — coauthor (person)
  • Ortega — coauthor (person)
  • Pellerin — principal coauthor (person)
  • Pérez — coauthor (person)
  • Rogers — coauthor (person)
  • Schiavo — coauthor (person)
  • Schultz — coauthor (person)
  • Solache — coauthor (person)
  • Stern — principal coauthor (person)
  • Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-12-05 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2024-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
  • 2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 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
  • 2025-02-14 Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and APPR. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-20 Set for hearing April 1.
  • 2025-04-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 608.) (April 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 21.
  • 2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1189.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1372.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and APPR. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-25 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
  • 2025-07-02 Coauthors revised.
  • 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3424.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3038.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eec7346a-9156-4754-a754-6ec64994bca4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).