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SB 42 — Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.

Congress · introduced 2025-10-02

Latest action: — Secretary of State

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · 1 — Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
  2. · 4 — From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
  3. · 3 — Read first time.
  4. · 5 — Referred to Com. on RLS.
  5. · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
  6. · 345 — Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and APPR.
  7. · 124 — Set for hearing April 1.
  8. · 22 — From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 608.) (April 1).
  9. · 37 — Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  10. · 124 — Set for hearing April 21.
  11. · 343 — April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  12. · 124 — Set for hearing May 23.
  13. · 36 — Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  14. · 32 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  15. · 45 — Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1372.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  16. · 56 — In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  17. · 144 — Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and APPR.
  18. · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
  19. · 21 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  20. · 969 — July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  21. · 7 — From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).
  22. · 32 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  23. · 851 — Ordered to third reading.
  24. · 61 — Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3424.) Ordered to the Senate.
  25. · 76 — In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  26. · 77 — Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3038.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  27. · 86 — Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  28. · 90 — Approved by the Governor.
  29. · 94 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2025.

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Connected on the graph

Inbound (22)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-10-02McNerney, Jerrycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Becker, Joshcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Cortese, Davecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Stern, Henry I.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Haney, Mattcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Rogers, Chriscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Ortega, Lizcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Bennett, Stevecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Berman, Marccosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Pellerin, Gailcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Lee, Alexcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Kalra, Ashcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Schiavo, Pilarcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Blakespear, Catherine S.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Wiener, Scott D.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Schultz, Nickcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Solache, Jr., José Luiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Arreguín, Jessecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Pérez, Sasha Renéecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Allen, Benjaminsponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Umberg, Thomas J.sponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2025-10-02Cervantes, Sabrinasponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship

The full graph

Every typed relationship touching this entity — 22 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.

Legislation

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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Allen, Benjamin (D, state_upper CA-24)sponsor0—5
2Cervantes, Sabrina (D, state_upper CA-31)sponsor0—5
3Umberg, Thomas J. (D, state_upper CA-34)sponsor0—5
4Arreguín, Jesse (D, state_upper CA-7)cosponsor0—1
5Becker, Josh (D, state_upper CA-13)cosponsor0—1
6Bennett, Steve (D, state_lower CA-38)cosponsor0—1
7Berman, Marc (D, state_lower CA-23)cosponsor0—1
8Blakespear, Catherine S. (D, state_upper CA-38)cosponsor0—1
9Cortese, Dave (D, state_upper CA-15)cosponsor0—1
10Haney, Matt (D, state_lower CA-17)cosponsor0—1
11Kalra, Ash (D, state_lower CA-25)cosponsor0—1
12Lee, Alex (D, state_lower CA-24)cosponsor0—1
13McNerney, Jerry (D, state_upper CA-5)cosponsor0—1
14Ortega, Liz (D, state_lower CA-20)cosponsor0—1
15Pellerin, Gail (D, state_lower CA-28)cosponsor0—1
16Pérez, Sasha Renée (D, state_upper CA-25)cosponsor0—1
17Rogers, Chris (D, state_lower CA-2)cosponsor0—1
18Schiavo, Pilar (D, state_lower CA-40)cosponsor0—1
19Schultz, Nick (D, state_lower CA-44)cosponsor0—1
20Solache, Jr., José Luis (D, state_lower CA-62)cosponsor0—1
21Stern, Henry I. (D, state_upper CA-27)cosponsor0—1
22Wiener, Scott D. (D, state_upper CA-11)cosponsor0—1

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Pérez, Sasha Renée (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Haney, Matt (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Kalra, Ash (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Ortega, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-10-02 · sponsored by Allen, Benjamin (sponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-10-02 · sponsored by Cervantes, Sabrina (sponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Berman, Marc (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by McNerney, Jerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Bennett, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Pellerin, Gail (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Rogers, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Blakespear, Catherine S. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Solache, Jr., José Luis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Lee, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Wiener, Scott D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Schultz, Nick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Arreguín, Jesse (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Cortese, Dave (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Stern, Henry I. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Schiavo, Pilar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2025-10-02 · cosponsored by Becker, Josh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2025-10-02 · sponsored by Umberg, Thomas J. (sponsor) · sponsorship

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