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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: collection of fines."
description: "Under existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, the Fair Political Practices Commission is authorized to bring a civil action and obtain a judgment in superior court for the purpose of collecting any unpaid monetary penalties, fees, or civil penalties imposed under the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 552"
citation: "California AB 552 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: collection of fines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1e18dc9-084c-48fe-95e5-28a3991d4091"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB552"
source_hash: "a0397219801e7d11ab148367594dd890589e5f1db80f5ed0777aa24061e6591f"
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 552 (20132014) — Political Reform Act of 1974: collection of fines.
Under existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, the Fair Political Practices Commission is authorized to bring a civil action and obtain a judgment in superior court for the purpose of collecting any unpaid monetary penalties, fees, or civil penalties imposed under the act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB552&version=20130AB55299INT)
2. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB552&version=20130AB55297CHP)
3. **AB552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB552)
4. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB552&version=20130AB55298ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB552 Fong By Hill — **2810** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **52** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **41** (pass) · upper
- AB 552 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **5519** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 1839.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2189.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 645, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1e18dc9-084c-48fe-95e5-28a3991d4091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).