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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations."
description: "(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 authorizes a candidate for elective state, county, or city office to raise contributions for a general election before the primary election, and for a special general election before a special primary election, for the same office under specified conditions. If the candidate is defeated in the primary election or special primary election, or otherwise withdraws from the general election or special general election, the act requires the candidate to refund the general election or special general election funds, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 948"
citation: "California SB 948 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974", "contribution limitations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14baf87b-227d-40b1-8ed4-8bab89244edb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948"
source_hash: "d38dfa0bb05686a27919ddf2453b151b5be96c90efff5adc7493c37394db8810"
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 948 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations.
(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 authorizes a candidate for elective state, county, or city office to raise contributions for a general election before the primary election, and for a special general election before a special primary election, for the same office under specified conditions. If the candidate is defeated in the primary election or special primary election, or otherwise withdraws from the general election or special general election, the act requires the candidate to refund the general election or special general election funds, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/18/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948&version=20230SB94899INT)
2. **03/14/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948&version=20230SB94898AMD)
3. **04/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948&version=20230SB94897AMD)
4. **06/13/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948&version=20230SB94896AMD)
5. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948&version=20230SB94894CHP)
6. **SB948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948)
7. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB948&version=20230SB94895ENR)
## Votes
- Special Consent SB948 Limón et al. — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (pass) · lower
- SB 948 Limón Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB948 Limón et al — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Limón — primary (person)
- Zbur — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** 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`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2024-04-23** 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`
- **2024-04-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3810.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3872.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5993.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-06-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4828.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14baf87b-227d-40b1-8ed4-8bab89244edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).