Last Updated February 4, 2025
State Legislation
The following bills have been introduced in the new legislative session. The last day for bills to be introduced is February 21.
AB 351: increases the contribution threshold found in Section 84308 (Levine Act) from $500 to $1,500 and requires the FPPC to adjust this threshold biennially.
SB 399 (California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act): Prohibits an employer from subjecting, or threatening to subject, an employee to discharge, discrimination, retaliation because the employee declines to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or affirmatively declines to participate in, receive, or listen to any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives, the purpose of which is to communicate the employer’s opinion about religious or political matters.
AB 16: requires elections officials to begin processing VBM ballot return envelopes and VBM ballots on the date on which the ballots are mailed.
AB 94: provides that when a local officer is recalled and removed, that officer may not be appointed to fill the vacancy.
AB 331: among other provisions, requires any elections officials who fail to prepare a certified statement of the results of an election within 30 days of the election to immediately deliver all records and other information pertaining to that election to the Secretary of State, who will then certify the results as soon as practicable. All Secretary of State costs associated with this are to be borne by the county that failed to timely certify its results.
SB 270: requires the published copy of a notice of intention to recall an elective officer to omit the proponents’ signatures and the street numbers and street names of their residence addresses.