CA SB 401

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Political Reform Act of 1974: filing deadlines: emergency situations.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Under the Political Reform Act of 1974, various individuals and entities, including candidates, committees that support candidates and ballot measures, lobbyists, slate mailer organizations, and public officials, are required to periodically file certain statements and reports that disclose their financial activities. When an original statement or report is filed after the deadline for its filing under the act, the person responsible for making the filing is subject to a late filing penalty of $10 per day, as specified, in addition to any other penalties or remedies under the act. This bill would authorize the Fair Political Practices Commission to extend any filing deadline established by the act, by no more than 60 days, for individuals that live in an area impacted by an emergency situation if the emergency situation is reasonably likely to affect the individual's ability to timely file. The bill would prohibit the commission from extending a deadline under these provisions during the 90 days before an election. The bill would define emergency situation to mean an emergency proclaimed by the Governor or a local governing body pursuant to a specified law. 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: 2025-02-14
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-17 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-14
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-10
April 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-01-05
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-01-07
Set for hearing January 13.
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3212.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2026-01-14
Withdrawn from committee.
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2026-01-14
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-01-15
Set for hearing January 20.
2026-01-20
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-01-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-01-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3307.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-01-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-04
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
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2026-06-01
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
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2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
03/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-25Compare
01/05/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-05Compare
06/01/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]
2026-01-13 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cervantes: yes
3rd Reading
2026-01-27 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Seyarto: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Stern: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cortese: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Choi: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Menjivar: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-17 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Stefani: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Berman: yes

Related bills

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