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
May 18, 2023 |
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:
(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.
(2)An individual who intends to be a candidate for any other elective office shall file the statement of intention with the same filing officer and in the same location as the individual would file an original campaign statement pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 84215.
(b)A statement of intention filed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include the candidate experience disclosure described in Section 85200.5. The commission, at its discretion, may require the candidate experience disclosure to be included as part of the statement of intention or as an attachment to that statement.
(c)For purposes of this section, “contribution” and “loan” do not include any payments from the candidate’s personal funds for a candidate filing fee or a candidate statement of qualifications fee.