Sen. Bill Dodd is championing a bill to loosen restrictions on campaign contributions from interest groups benefiting financially from officials' decisions. The bill aims to exempt industries like labor unions and developers to prevent pay to play.
Sen. Catherine Blakespear criticized the bill as unworkable and problematic, stating it's not worth moving forward due to numerous issues. She was the lone no vote in the committee.
The 2022 law faced challenges in understanding implications, with Sen. Dodd admitting that legislators may not have fully grasped the details or implications when it was originally passed.
The bill needs a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and Assembly to reach Gov. Gavin Newsom as it seeks to change the voter-approved 1974 Political Reform Act.
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