CA SB 401
enactedPolitical Reform Act of 1974: filing deadlines: emergency situations.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 401 pass?
Yes. CA SB 401 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 968, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 401 about?
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.
Who sponsors CA SB 401?
Hurtado is the primary sponsor of CA SB 401.
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
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 968, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Hurtadoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 968, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-30
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5681.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-19
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6264.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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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2026-06-01
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
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2026-05-04
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2026-01-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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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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2026-01-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-01-20
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-01-15
Set for hearing January 20.
2026-01-14
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-01-14
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
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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2026-01-07
Set for hearing January 13.
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
2025-04-10
April 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and L., P.E. & R.
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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2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-14
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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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
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