Marc Berman
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 23
Author
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including contribution limitations and requirements. This bill would require a candidate or committee to obtain affirmative consent from a person making a recurring contribution at the time of the initial contribution, and would require any solicitation for a recurring contribution to be in a form that requires affirmative consent from the person making the contribution. The bill would make violation of these provisions subject to a fine of up to three times the aggregate amount of the subsequent recurring contributions received if certain specified conditions are met. This bill would also require a candidate or committee that accepts a recurring contribution to provide a receipt for each contribution, to provide information necessary to cancel the recurring contribution, and to immediately cancel a recurring contribution upon request. The bill would require a recurring contribution accepted in response to a solicitation that did not require affirmative consent or accepted after a contributor requested to cancel a recurring contribution to be returned within 14 days, as specified. Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor. By creating a new 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 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 942, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 31).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5178.).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Glazer.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12).
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1897.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB775 | HTML |
| 02/16/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/23/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/13/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/17/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/13/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/16/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/21- Assembly Higher Education | |
| 04/26/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/02/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/08/21- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 08/18/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/24/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/31/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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