CaliforniaBehested payments: public appeal for payment.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 10Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 10Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 23Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 13Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3027.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB760 Allen et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 12In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 760 Allen Senate Third Reading By Solache. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 12Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3390.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 2Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 2Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 17Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 16From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 27July 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Jun 5Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1239.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 30Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 29From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 22From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Major
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 29.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Minor
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Mar 12Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 24From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced