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CA SB 760

enacted

Behested payments: public appeal for payment.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 760 pass?

Yes. CA SB 760 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 760 about?

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including imposing reporting requirements on elected officials and campaign committees. Under the act, a behested payment is a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer, or a member of the Public Utilities Commission, under specified circumstances, that is made principally for personal, charitable, legislative, or governmental purposes. The act requires officers and members of the Public Utilities Commission to report behested payments within 30 days of the payment or payments exceeding $5,000 in the aggregate from the same source in the same calendar year in which they are made. This bill would exempt a behesting officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission from these reporting obligations if they make a public appeal for payment unless the officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission, or a member of their immediate family, campaign staff, or officeholder staff, holds a position with the payee organization, other than a governmental organization, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 84224 of the Government Code proposed by AB 808, to be operative only if this bill and AB 808 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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 760?

Allen is the primary sponsor of CA SB 760, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including imposing reporting requirements on elected officials and campaign committees. Under the act, a behested payment is a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer, or a member of the Public Utilities Commission, under specified circumstances, that is made principally for personal, charitable, legislative, or governmental purposes. The act requires officers and members of the Public Utilities Commission to report behested payments within 30 days of the payment or payments exceeding $5,000 in the aggregate from the same source in the same calendar year in which they are made. This bill would exempt a behesting officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission from these reporting obligations if they make a public appeal for payment unless the officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission, or a member of their immediate family, campaign staff, or officeholder staff, holds a position with the payee organization, other than a governmental organization, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 84224 of the Government Code proposed by AB 808, to be operative only if this bill and AB 808 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Allenauthor
  • Blakespearcoauthor
  • Solachecoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  5. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  6. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  7. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 29.

  8. 2025-04-22

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  9. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29).

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  10. 2025-04-30

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1239.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  12. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  13. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  14. 2025-06-27

    July 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16).

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  16. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  17. 2025-08-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-09-02

    Read third time and amended.

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  19. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3390.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  22. 2025-09-13

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3027.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  23. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  24. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-22Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • SB760Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass

    2025-04-29 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Allen: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cervantes: yes

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-27 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-07-16 · pass · 7-0

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

  • SB 760 Allen Senate Third Reading By Solache

    2025-09-12 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Bains: other
    • DeMaio: other

  • Unfinished Business SB760 Allen et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-13 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Jones: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Choi: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB760

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