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Senate committee unanimously approves bill banning campaign contributions in district and local government offices
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Summary
SB 852, a committee bill presented by Chair Cervantes prohibiting acceptance of campaign contributions in legislative district or local government offices and making technical changes, passed the Senate Elections Committee on a 5-0 vote and will proceed in the legislative process.
Senators on the Elections Committee unanimously advanced SB 852, a committee bill presented by Chair Cervantes that includes a prohibition on accepting campaign contributions in a legislative district office or a local government office and a number of technical changes to state law.
Chair Cervantes said the bill “makes non controversial, but important changes to state law,” and asked members for an aye vote. The committee called for any public testimony; none opposed or provided substantive public-comment testimony on the bill during the hearing.
The committee voted to concur in assembly amendments to the bill and recorded a 5-0 vote. The motion was described in the hearing as “that the assembly amendments be concurred in.” The committee chair and vice chair voted aye; Senator Umberg and others recorded aye votes, producing a 5-0 tally. The motion carried and SB 852 was reported out of committee.
No witnesses in opposition were recorded during the hearing, and no fiscal or implementation concerns were placed on the record during the committee’s consideration.
