Bill Text: CA SB248 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: disclosures: candidate experience.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB248 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB248-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 10, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator Newman |
January 26, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
On or before April 1, 2024, the Secretary of State shall create a form for candidates for elective office to disclose their prior education and work history, and history of military service, if any.
(a)On or after April 1, 2024, a candidate for elective office shall, no later than the final filing date of a declaration of candidacy, file the form created pursuant to Section 84800 with the Secretary of State.
(b)A candidate for elective office also shall file a statement, signed under the penalty of perjury, that the information contained in the form is accurate to the best of the candidate’s knowledge.
(a)The Secretary of State shall post on its internet website a copy of the completed form submitted by a candidate in accordance with Section 84801.
(b)A completed form posted in accordance with this section shall be made available to the public for four years from the date of the election associated with the filing.
In addition to the remedies provided under Chapter 11 of this title, it is the intent of the Legislature that violation of this chapter be considered grounds for disqualification from elective office. A governing body with the power to remove an elected officer from an elective office may consider violation of this chapter as grounds for such removal.
SECTION 1.
Section 85200 of the Government Code, as amended by Section 7 of Chapter 18 of the Statutes of 2010, is amended to read:Prior to
85200.
(a) (1) Before the solicitation or receipt of any contribution or loan, an individual who intends to be a candidate for an elective state office, as that term is defined by Section 82024, shall file with the Secretary of State an original statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of intention to be a candidate for a specific office.SEC. 2.
Section 85200 of the Government Code, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 662 of the Statutes of 2018, is amended to read:Prior to