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CA AB 351

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Campaign contributions: agency officers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits an officer of an agency from accepting, soliciting, or directing a contribution of more than $500 from any party, participant, or a party or participant's agent, while a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use is pending before the agency and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered in the proceeding, if the officer knows or has reason to know that the participant has a financial interest, as defined. The act also prohibits an officer of an agency from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use the officer's official position to influence the decision in a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use pending before the agency if the officer has willfully or knowingly received a contribution of more than $500 within the preceding 12 months from a party or a party's agent, or from any participant or a participant's agent, if the officer knows or has reason to know that the participant has a financial interest in the decision, as defined. This bill would increase the contribution thresholds described above from $500 to $1500. The bill would require the commission to adjust these contribution thresholds to reflect any increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index beginning January, 2027, and in January of each odd-numbered year thereafter, 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.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • McKinnorauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-31

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  4. 2025-04-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  5. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.

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  6. 2026-01-31

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

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  7. 2026-02-02

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Reconsideration.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lackey: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bennett: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Stefani: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · fail · 2-3

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lackey: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Stefani: no
    • Pellerin: no
    • Berman: no
    • Bennett: other
    • Macedo: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB351

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