Steve Glazer
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 7
Author
The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires the Franchise Tax Board to conduct audits and field investigations regarding the reports filed by lobbyists. Existing law requires 25% of lobbyist employers and lobbying firms to be subject to a random audit and investigation every 2 years. This bill would transfer the responsibility for conducting audits and field investigations of lobbying reports to the Fair Political Practices Commission. The bill would also exclude lobbying firms and lobbyist employers with less than one dollar in payments or contributions from being selected for audit. Additionally, this bill would require the Fair Political Practices Commission to adopt regulations or policies that would ensure the operational independence of the commission's audit personnel from the Fair Political Practices Commission's enforcement operations. Audits conducted by the commission would be required to be posted on the commission's internet website for 10 years following the conclusion of the audit and the commission would be required to annually report to the Legislature on the number and types of audits completed by the commission. This bill would delay the operation of these provisions until the January 1 of the next odd numbered year following an appropriation made to support the commission's exercise of these responsibilities. 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. 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.
September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1302.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1175.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 18.
April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 24.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 684.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 12.
(Corrected February 17).
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB569 | HTML |
| 02/15/23 - Introduced | |
| 06/19/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/27/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/28/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/23- Senate Governance and Finance | |
| 04/21/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/03/23- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/21/23- Assembly Appropriations |
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