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California 20252026

SB 1175

Lobbyist registration and termination.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Lobbyistregistrationandtermination
Introduced / first action
2026-02-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires individual lobbyists to prepare certifications, as specified, for filing with the Secretary of State. If any change occurs in the information contained in a lobbyist certification, or if a lobbyist terminates all activity that required certification, existing law requires the lobbyist to submit an amended certification or notice of termination to the lobbyist's lobbying firm or lobbyist employer for filing with the Secretary of State within specified timelines. Existing law also requires lobbyist employers and other persons who make specified payments to influence legislative or administrative action to file reports containing information about themselves and about the type and amount of payments, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to develop an online filing and disclosure system that, once operative, must be used for the filing of these reports. This bill would instead require the lobbyist to submit the amended certification or notice of termination directly to the Secretary of State. The bill would make conforming changes to the filing requirements for lobbyist employers and other persons that will become operative when the Secretary of State certifies that the online filing and disclosure system is functional and additional conforming changes that will become operative one year after this certification. 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5925.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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  8. Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  9. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  10. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4165.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3755.) (April 7).

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  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  14. Set for hearing April 7.

  15. Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  16. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  17. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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