Steve Glazer
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 7
Author
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. Under existing law, the Fair Political Practices Commission has primary responsibility for the impartial, effective administration and implementation of the Political Reform Act of 1974. Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties. Under existing law, a person who files an original statement or report after a deadline imposed by the Political Reform Act of 1974 is liable in the amount of $10 per day after the deadline until the statement or report is filed, as specified. Existing law authorizes a filing officer to not impose this liability if the officer determines that the late filing was not willful and that enforcement of the liability will not further the purposes of the act, except as specified. Existing regulation directs the commission to develop a diversion program to allow for the education of a person who commits a minor violation of the act, as specified. This bill would authorize the commission to establish and administer a political reform education program as an alternative to an administrative proceeding, as specified. The bill would establish eligibility requirements for the political reform education program, including that the person has little or no experience with the act and that the violation resulted in minimal or no public harm. If a person meets the requirements to participate in the political reform education program and completes the program, this bill would exempt the person from administrative, civil, or criminal penalties for the applicable violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974, as specified. The bill would authorize the commission to impose additional eligibility requirements for participation in the program. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a fee to program participants in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost to administer the political reform education program. The bill would require the fee be paid to the General Fund. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds annually to the commission to administer the political reform education program. The bill would prohibit a filing officer from imposing the $10 per day liability if the person who filed the late report or statement was unable to timely file due to serious illness or hospitalization or if the person completes the political reform education program, as specified. 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 696, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2593.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2958.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1295.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1158.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 10.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 423.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 21.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB29 | HTML |
| 12/05/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/09/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/22/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/13/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/10/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/17/23- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 04/07/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/19/23- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/06/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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