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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1146
Author: Norby (R)
Amended: 6/21/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ELECTIONS & CONST. AMEND. COMM. : 3-2, 6/21/11
AYES: La Malfa, De Le�n, Gaines
NOES: Correa, Lieu
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 54-16, 6/1/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution
limits
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill repeals all limits on contributions to
candidates for elective state office, and requires
campaigns to disclose all campaign contributions and
expenditures of $100 or more within 24 hours.
Senate Floor Amendments of 6/21/12 delete the prior version
of the bill which increased the threshold at which
contribution at expenditures are required to be disclosed
on campaign reports and replace it with the above language.
ANALYSIS : The Political Reform Act of 1974 (Act) imposes
various limitations on contributions that may be made to,
or accepted by, candidates for elective office and campaign
committees that support or oppose candidates and ballot
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measures, including, among other things, limiting the
maximum dollar amount of contributions that may be accepted
by candidates for elective state office, and limiting
contributions to an officer of an agency from a party who
has a financial interest in a permit or license proceeding
before that agency. The Act also prohibits a foreign
government or foreign principal from making a contribution,
expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with
the qualification or support of, or opposition to, any
state or local ballot measure.
This bill repeals these limitations on contributions that
may be made to, or accepted by, candidates for elective
office. This bill also repeals the prohibition against a
foreign government or foreign principal from making a
contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in
connection with the qualification or support of, or
opposition to, any state or local ballot measure.
The Act requires candidates and committees to file
specified campaign finance reports, including semiannual
statements, preelection statements, supplemental
preelection statements, and late contribution reports, that
include prescribed campaign finance information.
This bill repeals the requirements to file certain of these
reports, including the semiannual statements, the
supplemental preelection statements, and the late
contribution reports. This bill requires, in addition to
filing preelection statements, that a candidate or
committee who makes or receives a contribution of $200 or
more report that contribution to specified filing officers
within 24 hours of receiving the contribution. This bill
requires a candidate or committee making the contribution
to report his, her, or its full name and address, the full
name and address of the recipient, the office sought by the
candidate or the ballot measure, as appropriate, and the
date and amount of the contribution. This bill requires
the recipient of the contribution to report his, her, or
its full name and address, the date and amount of the
contribution, whether the contribution is in the form of a
loan, and the full name of the contributor, and his/her
street address, occupation, and employer or the name of the
business, if self-employed.
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This bill requires a candidate or committee that makes an
expenditure of $200 or more to report the expenditure to
specified filing officers within 24 hours. This bill
requires the candidate or committee making the expenditure
to report his, her, or its full name and street address,
the amount of the expenditure, the full name and street
address for the person to whom the expenditure was made,
and a brief description of the consideration for which the
expenditure was made. This bill requires the disclosure of
additional information if the expenditure is a contribution
to a candidate, elected officer, or committee or an
independent expenditure to support or oppose a candidate or
measure.
This bill requires a candidate or committee who is required
to report a contribution or expenditure to the Secretary of
State to file that report online or by electronic
transmission only, and also requires that a copy of the
report be filed with the Fair Political Practices
Commission by online or electronic transmission.
The Act prohibits any contribution of $100 or more from
being made in cash. The Act also prohibits anonymous
contributions of $100 or more to a candidate, committee, or
person. The Act also establishes $100 as the threshold for
reporting certain contributions and expenditures in certain
campaign reports.
This bill increases the threshold to $200 for cash
contributions, anonymous contributions, and the reporting
of the above-mentioned contributions and expenditures.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 54-16, 6/1/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Bonilla, Bradford, Buchanan, Charles Calderon,
Carter, Cedillo, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gatto, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey,
Roger Hern�ndez, Hueso, Jones, Knight, Logue, Ma,
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Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Silva, Skinner, Smyth,
Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, John A.
P�rez
NOES: Ammiano, Brownley, Campos, Chesbro, Feuer, Fletcher,
Gordon, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Lara, Pan, Perea,
Portantino, Swanson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Blumenfield, Butler, Eng, Gorell,
Jeffries, Bonnie Lowenthal, V. Manuel P�rez, Solorio,
Yamada
DLW:k 6/25/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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