Josh Newman
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 29
Author
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and related matters, including voluntary expenditure ceilings for candidates for statewide elective office and for State Senate and Assembly. Existing law authorizes a candidate for statewide elective office who accepts the voluntary expenditure limits to purchase the space to place a statement in a state voter information guide, as specified. Existing law authorizes a candidate for State Senate or Assembly who accepts the voluntary expenditure limits to purchase the space to place a statement in the voter information portion of the county voter information guide, as specified. Existing law authorizes a candidate for United States Representative to purchase the space to place a statement in the voter information portion of the county voter information guide, as specified. This bill would require the Secretary of State to establish, on or before January 1, 2026, a pilot program that would allow a candidate to include a QR code link, as defined, to a video statement in the state voter information guide, as specified. The bill would require the Secretary of State to seek to collaborate with at least 1 but not more than 4 county elections offices from geographically diverse counties to establish a similar program for county voter information guides. The bill would require a participating county to report to the Secretary of State about the effectiveness of the program and for the Secretary of State to provide a report to the Legislature, 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.
August 15 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
September 1 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1355.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1169.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
May 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 792.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 18.
March 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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 March 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB409 | HTML |
| 02/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/27/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/26/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/28/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/17/23- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 05/05/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/19/23- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations |
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