Suzette Martinez Valladares
- Republican
Author
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor and subject to specified penalties. The act prohibits a foreign government or principal, as defined, from making a contribution or expenditure in connection with a ballot measure. The act also prohibits a person or committee from soliciting or accepting a contribution from a foreign government or principal for this purpose. This bill would expand this prohibition to include contributions and expenditures in connection with an election of a candidate to state or local office. By expanding the scope of existing crimes, the 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 of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2236.).
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1692.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1335.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB319 | HTML |
| 01/26/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/21 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/13/21- Assembly Elections | |
| 04/26/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/24/21- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 08/18/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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