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SB 704 California Senate · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Public officers and employees: conflict of interest: contracts.

Summary
Existing law prohibits Members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers or employees from being financially interested in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members. Existing law identifies certain remote interests in contracts that are not subject to this prohibition and other situations in which an official is not deemed to be financially interested in a contract. Existing law makes a willful violation of this prohibition a crime. This bill would include in the definition of "remote interest" the interest of a person who is an owner or partner of a firm serving as an appointed member of an unelected board or commission of the contracting agency, if the owner or partner recuses himself or herself from providing any advice to the contracting agency regarding the contract between the firm and the contracting agency, and from all participation in reviewing a project that results from that contract. The bill would also include in the definition of "remote interest" the interest of a planner employed by a consulting engineering, architectural, or planning firm.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2015
Committee Review
Sep 2015
Senate Passage
May 2015
Assembly Passage
Aug 2015
Signed into Law
Oct 2015
Introduced Feb 27, 2015 Signed Oct 4, 2015
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2015 · Assembly Aug 27, 2015

How they voted

38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
May 22, 2015
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
13 Yea 1
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
7
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Oct 4, 2015
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 1, 2015
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2379.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 27, 2015
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (76-0-2)
assembly
Aug 27, 2015
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Aug 19, 2015
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19).
lower
Jul 15, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jul 8, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.
lower
Jun 11, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on E. & R.
lower
May 22, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-1)
senate
May 18, 2015
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
Apr 30, 2015
Committee
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 29, 2015
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 816.) (April 29).
upper
Apr 22, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
upper
Apr 6, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
upper
Mar 19, 2015
Committee
Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E. & C.A.
upper
Feb 27, 2015
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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