Nancy Skinner
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and related matters, including by prohibiting, limiting, or requiring disclosure of certain political activities and by regulating certain political advertisements. This bill, beginning on January 1, 2024, would require a business entity to submit a report to the Secretary of State following any calendar year in which the business entity used its products or services to alter its online search results to emphasize or deemphasize materials containing express advocacy, or to target online advertisements to individuals or groups, or generally to users or members of the public, for political purposes and without full and adequate consideration. The bill would require the report to contain certain information relating to the search results and advertisements, as specified. The bill would require reports to be filed on paper or by email with the Secretary of State, and to be made publicly available in a conspicuous location on the Secretary of State's website. These provisions would not apply to a business entity's use of its products or services exclusively to carry out its commercial activities, including delivering user-generated content or a paid advertisement on behalf of another person, or to communications that are internal to a business entity or entities. Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 876, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5382.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 17).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
Read third time and amended.
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10).
August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 2806.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file on motion of Senator Skinner.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Skinner.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1203.) (May 20).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Set for hearing May 20.
April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 19.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 688.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 6.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB746 | HTML |
| 02/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/05/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/25/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/20/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/10/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/11/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/18/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/02/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/16/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 01/05/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/22- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/09/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/12/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/16/22- Assembly Elections | |
| 08/22/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/31/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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