republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-593.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: members: statement of economic interests."
description: "(1) Existing law creates the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as a separate legal entity and as a political subdivision of the State of California, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the agency, as specified. Existing law requires that any member of the agency that has a direct personal financial interest in a matter officially coming before the agency to disclose the fact of his or her interest and to abstain from participation in any discussion or vote upon the matter. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, prohibits a public official at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which he or she knows, or has reason to know, he or she has a financial interest. A violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 593"
citation: "California SB 593 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: members: statement of economic interests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4ee6791-ec89-41ff-a461-a0f4196a3476"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB593"
source_hash: "d00aa1cf3aa174f156e545ee16e199cffdae6f6f1cef63ca9a701d323f9cbef6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 593 (20112012) — Political Reform Act of 1974: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: members: statement of economic interests.

(1) Existing law creates the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as a separate legal entity and as a political subdivision of the State of California, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the agency, as specified. Existing law requires that any member of the agency that has a direct personal financial interest in a matter officially coming before the agency to disclose the fact of his or her interest and to abstain from participation in any discussion or vote upon the matter. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, prohibits a public official at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which he or she knows, or has reason to know, he or she has a financial interest. A violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB593&version=20110SB59399INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB593&version=20110SB59398AMD)
3. **08/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB593&version=20110SB59396CHP)
4. **SB593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB593)
5. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB593&version=20110SB59397ENR)

## Votes

- SB 593 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-04-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 853.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2343.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2011-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 152, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4ee6791-ec89-41ff-a461-a0f4196a3476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).