Jerry Hill
- Democratic
Author
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and related matters, including the reporting of gifts, as defined. The act prohibits specified officers from receiving gifts in excess of $440 in value from a single source in a calendar year. The act exempts gift payments for the actual costs of specified types of travel that are reasonably related to a legislative or governmental purpose, or to an issue of state, national, or international public policy, from the annual limit on the value of gifts from a single source. This bill would require a nonprofit organization that regularly organizes and hosts travel for elected officials, as specified, and that pays for these types of travel for an elected state officer or local elected officeholder to disclose the names of donors who, in the preceding year, both donated to the nonprofit organization and accompanied an elected officer or officeholder for any portion of the travel, as specified. The bill would require a person who receives a gift of a travel payment from any source to report the travel destination on his or her statement of economic interests. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 87207 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and AB 10, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 757, Statutes of 2015.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
Reconsideration granted.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2659.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hill.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2678.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
(Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2677.)
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2952.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 1192.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1145.) (May 28).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 28.
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 20.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 523.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 7.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB21 | HTML |
| 12/01/14 - Introduced | |
| 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/26/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/10/15 - Enrolled | |
| 10/10/15 - Chaptered |
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