Caroline Menjivar
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 20
Author
Under existing law, campaign funds may not be used to pay health-related expenses for a candidate, elected officer, or any individual or individuals with authority to approve the expenditure of campaign funds held by a committee, or members of their households. This bill would create an exception to that general rule and expressly permit campaign funds to be used to pay a candidate for reasonable and necessary mental health care expenses if the candidate does not have health insurance or their insurance does not cover the full cost of these mental health care expenses, as specified. This bill would limit use of campaign funds for these purposes to circumstances in which the candidate has experienced prejudice, harassment, or a threat or other criminal act, as defined, which resulted in the need for mental health care services. This bill would also require the candidate to disclose general information about this use of campaign funds on their campaign statements. Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 89513 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2803 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2803 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5771.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 6972.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15).
July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4082.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3810.) (April 30).
Set for hearing April 30.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1170 | HTML |
| 02/14/24 - Introduced | |
| 06/04/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/05/24 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/26/24- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 05/01/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/24- Assembly Elections | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/30/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/31/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 10/09/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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