republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1673.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions."
description: "Existing law, 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. \"Contribution\" is defined for purposes of the act as a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, except to the extent that full and adequate consideration is received, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes. The definition does not include a payment made by an occupant of a home or office for costs related to any meeting or fundraising event held in the occupant's home or office if the costs for the meeting or fundraising event are $500 or less."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1673"
citation: "California AB 1673 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-12"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc111aaf-0d93-488b-908d-7f7684db4b06"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673"
source_hash: "a1e81734d9da71f2b50c3fade528bf3707702449458a91602edecfe31aab1dbc"
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 AB 1673 (20132014) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions.

Existing law, 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. "Contribution" is defined for purposes of the act as a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, except to the extent that full and adequate consideration is received, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes. The definition does not include a payment made by an occupant of a home or office for costs related to any meeting or fundraising event held in the occupant's home or office if the costs for the meeting or fundraising event are $500 or less.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673&version=20130AB167399INT)
2. **03/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673&version=20130AB167398AMD)
3. **04/09/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673&version=20130AB167397AMD)
4. **08/13/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673&version=20130AB167396AMD)
5. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673&version=20130AB167394CHP)
6. **AB1673** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673)
7. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1673&version=20130AB167395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1673 Garcia By Lara — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1673 GARCIA Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1673 GARCIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-11** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4835.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4866.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6550.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6562.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 882, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc111aaf-0d93-488b-908d-7f7684db4b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).