CaliforniaPolitical Reform Act of 1974: filing deadlines: emergency situations.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 968, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 30Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 24Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5681.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB401 Hurtado Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 19In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 401 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Irwin. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 19Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6264.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jun 17From 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.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Major
- May 4Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Minor
- Jan 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3307.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Jan 21Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jan 20From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jan 15Set for hearing January 20.
- Jan 14Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jan 14Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Jan 13From 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.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7Set for hearing January 13.
- Jan 5From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Major
- 2025
- Apr 10April 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 29.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and L., P.E. & R.Minor
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 18From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- Feb 14Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced