Pending Legislation
The California State Legislature is authorized to amend the Political Reform Act to further the Act's purposes with a two-thirds vote of each house. This page includes information on legislation related to the Act.
For any questions or comments regarding Political Reform Act legislation, please contact Lindsey Nakano at LNakano@fppc.ca.gov.
Legislation Reports
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
PRA-Related Legislation
AB 26 (DeMaio) - Spot Bill
AB 351 (McKinnor) - Section 84308; Contributions to Agency Officers
AB 359 (Ramos) - Extension of Local Contracting Authority
AB 775 (Fong) – Behested Payment Reporting
AB 808 (Addis) – Cal-Access Replacement System Clean-Up Bill
AB 884 (Essayli) – Prohibition on Contributions from Investor-Owned Utilities
AB 950 (Solache) – Campaign Advertisement Disclaimers
AB 953 (Pacheco and Alanis) – Preventing Foreign Interference in California Elections
AB 1029 (Valencia) – Disclosure of Digital Financial Assets (Cryptocurrency) [CHAPTERED]
AB 1286 (Boerner) – Disclosure of Prospective Employment
AB 1511 (Assembly Committee on Elections) – Transfer of Candidate Funds
SB 42 (Umberg, Allen, and Cervantes) – Public Campaign Financing
SB 280 (Cervantes and Dahle) – Contributions in State and Local Offices and Office Buildings (Prior Version)
SB 300 (Padilla) – Exception to the Conflict of Interest Prohibition
SB 321 (Cervantes) – Late Signature Curing Expenditure Reports
SB 401 (Hurtado) – State Employee Restriction on Business Ownership
SB 458 (Niello and Umberg) – Ballot Measure Titles, Summaries, and Financial Impact Estimates
SB 644 (Blakespear) – Contribution Limits for Candidates for Judicial, School District, and Community College District Office
SB 760 (Allen) – Behested Payments Reporting Exemption for Public Appeals for Payment
SB 817 (Choi) – Intent Bill
SB 852 (Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments) – PRA Bill Notifications
SB 827 (Gonzalez) – Ethics Training for Local Agency Officials
* Bold text indicates chaptered bills signed into law.
2024
- AB 270 (Lee and Cervantes) – Public Campaign Financing
- AB 868 (Wilson) - Online public record of digital campaign ads
- AB 1170 (Valencia) - Electronic filing of SEIs [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2001 (Gallagher) - Minor/clarifying and cleanup changes to the PRA [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2041 (Bonta) - Use of campaign funds for security expenses [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2355 (Carrillo and Cervantes) – Disclaimer for Campaign Advertisements that use Artificial Intelligence [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2573 (Mike Fong) – Gifts: Services of a Fellow [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2611 (Wallis) - PRA spot bill
- AB 2631 (Mike Fong) - Local ethics training program [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2654 (Vince Fong) - Nondisclosure agreements
- AB 2803 (Valencia) - Use of campaign funds: criminal convictions [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2911 (McKinnor) - Contributions to Agency Officers: Disqualification: Reversal of SB 1439 (2022)
- AB 2990 (Low) - FPPC Enforcement Actions: Time Limits
- AB 3008 (Ramos and Garcia) - Compensation from tribal governments
- AB 3124 (Low) - Spot bill
- AB 3239 (Carrillo) - Use of Campaign Funds: Emotional Support Animal Airline Travel
- SB 24 (Umberg) – Public Campaign Financing
- SB 724 (Glazer) – Communications that Identify Elected State Officers
- SB 948 (Limon and Zbur) - Treatment of General Election Contributions [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1027 (Menjivar) - Redaction of bank account information on statements of organization [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1100 (Portantino) - PRA spot bill
- SB 1111 (Min) - Section 1090 [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1151 (Hurtado) - Registration and reporting requirements for foreign agents
- SB 1155 (Hurtado) - Postgovernment employment restriction for former heads of state administrative agencies
- SB 1156 (Hurtado) - Financial disclosures for groundwater sustainability agencies [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1170 (Menjivar) - Use of campaign funds for mental health expenses
- SB 1181 (Glazer) - Contributions to Agency Officers: Disqualification: Section 84308 [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1243 (Dodd) – Contributions to Agency Officers: Disqualification: Section 84308 [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1404 (Glazer) - Lobbying audits and lobbyist fee
- Oversight Hearing: Status of Lobbyist Audits - Franchise Tax Board
March 7, 2023 Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee - SB 1422 (Allen) - Disclosure of Payments for Elected Official Travel
- SB 1476 (Blakespear) - State Bar of California [CHAPTERED]
2023
- AB 37 (Bonta) - Use of campaign funds: security expenses
- AB 83 (Lee) - Contributions and expenditures by foreign-influenced business entities
- AB 270 (Lee) – Public campaign financing
- AB 334 (Rubio) – Section 1090 and independent contractors [CHAPTERED]
- AB 421 (Bryan) - Ballot pamphlet information for referendum measures [CHAPTERED]
- AB 868 (Wilson) - Online public record of digital campaign ads
- AB 1170 (Valencia) - Electronic filing of SEIs
- SB 24 (Umberg) - Public campaign financing
- SB 29 (Glazer) - FPPC Political Reform Education Program [CHAPTERED]
- SB 248 (Newman) – Disclosure of candidate’s education, work, and military service history
- SB 251 (Newman) – Incompatible offices: elected officers employed by another elected officer
- SB 328 (Dodd) – Contribution limit expansion to candidates for all local elective offices
- SB 379 (Umberg) – Spot bill
- SB 409 (Newman) – Pilot program for candidate video statements
- SB 569 (Glazer) – Transfer of lobbying audit duty from FTB to FPPC
- SB 573 (Wahab) - Restrictions on post-legislative employment
- SB 632 (Caballero) – Candidate ballot pamphlet statements: notification of approval or rejection and authorized content
- SB 678 (Umberg) - Disclaimers on paid third-party social media posts [CHAPTERED]
- SB 681 (Allen) – Requirements for amending the Political Reform Act [CHAPTERED]
- SB 724 (Glazer) – Disclosure of paid communications that identify an elected state officer
- SB 858 (Niello) - Preparation of ballot measure titles and summaries
- SB 888 (Senate Elections Committee) - Omnibus PRA bill
2022
- AB 775 (Berman) – Recurring contributions. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 975 (Luz Rivas) – Statements of economic interests and reimbursement for gifts.
- AB 1693 (Seyarto) – Contribution limits: recall elections: elected state officers.
- AB 1783 (Levine) – Lobbying: expanding definition of "administrative action." [CHAPTERED]
- AB 1798 (Bryan) – Campaign disclosure: advertisements.
- AB 1819 (Lee) – Contribution prohibition: foreign-influenced business entities.
- AB 2172 (Cervantes) – Email filing with SOS. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2158 (Mike Fong) – Ethics training for local educational agencies. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2528 (Bigelow) – Cal-Access: local filings. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2544 (Mayes) – Spot bill.
- SB 459 (Allen) – Lobbying reports and issue lobbying advertisements. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 746 (Skinner) – Business entity online political activity. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 794 (Glazer) – Excess contributions. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 921 (Newman) – State Digital Advertisement Archive.
- SB 1352 (Allen) – Reporting contributions.
- SB 1360 (Umberg and Allen) – Advertisement disclosures. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1362 (Melendez) – Citizens Redistricting Commission: reporting payments to influence.
- SB 1439 (Glazer) – Contributions to local government agency officers: disqualification. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1483 (Glazer) – FPPC Political Reform Education Program.
2021
- AB 20 (Lee and Kalra) - Conrtibution prohibitions: business entities.
- AB 40 (Lorena Gonzalez) - Slate mailer disclosures.
- AB 227 (Davies) - Contribution prohibitions: Governor's appointees.
- AB 236 (Berman) – Campaign disclosure: limited liability companies.
- AB 319 (Valladares) – Contribution limits. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 378 (Bauer-Kahan) – Gendered term removal. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 871 (Kiley) – Contribution prohibitions: investor-owned utilities.
- AB 1367 (Low) – Campaign funds. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 1379 (Eduardo Garcia) - Online platform disclosures.
- AB 1590 (Committee on Elections) - PRA bill. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 78 (Nielsen) – Paid campaign or political consultants.
- SB 305 (Jones) – Effective date of electronic filing requirements
- SB 686 (Glazer) – Campaign disclosure: limited liability companies. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 752 (Allen) – Campaign advertisements.
2019-2020
- AB 201 (Cervantes) - Text message disclosure. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 220 (Bonta) - Campaign funds: childcare costs. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 225 (Brough) - Campaign funds: childcare costs.
- AB 322 (Gallagher and Gonzalez) - Local government agencies: online posting of statements and reports.
- AB 359 (Melendez) - Postgovernment employment.
- AB 571 (Mullin) - Local contribution limits. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 626 (Quirk-Silva) - Section 1090
- AB 864 (Mullin) - Disclosures. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 902 (Levine) - Codifying FPPC regulations. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 903 (Levine) - Expenditure exclusion; pre-election statements. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 909 (Gallagher) - Statements of acknowledgment. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 946 (Committee on Elections and Redistricting - Political Reform Act of 1974. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 1043 (Irwin) - Campaign funds: cybersecurity. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 1141 (Melendez) - Misuse of funds.
- AB 1217 (Mullin) - Electioneering and issue lobbying communications: disclosures.
- AB 1245 (Low) - Contribution prohibitions: business entities.
- AB 1306 (Garcia and Melendez) - Misuse of funds.
- AB 1574 (Mullin) - Reporting of lobbying expenditures.
- AB 2079 (Kiley) - Contribution prohibitions.
- AB 2151 (Gallagher) - Local government agencies: online posting of statements and reports. [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2407 (Berman) - Limited liability companies
- AB 2467 (Levine) - Misuse of funds.
- AB 2505 (Berman) - Campaign funds: direct personal benefit.
- AB 2599 (Luz Rivas) - Spot bill.
- AB 2885 (Eduardo Garcia) - Campaign disclosure: targeting.
- AB 2889 (Mullin) - Contribution limits.
- AB 3078 (Cristina Garcia) - Behested payments.
- SB 71 (Leyva) - Legal defense funds: limits on campaign expenditures. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 84 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) - Online filing system. [CHAPTERED]
- SB 300 (Umberg) - Contribution limits: foreign contributions. (Prior version)
- SB 401 (Bates) - Contribution limits.
- SB 423 (Umberg) - Committee bank accounts. (Prior version)
- SB 1014 (Allen) - Contribution limits: recall.
- SB 1436 (Grove) - Spot bill.
2017-2018
- AB 14 (Gomez) - Campaign disclosures
- AB 84 (Mullin) - Political party committee disclosures
- AB 187 (Gloria) - Local ballot measure contribution and expenditure reporting [CHAPTERED]
- AB 249 (Mullin) - Campaign disclosures [CHAPTERED]
- AB 276 (Medina and Quirk-Silva) - Local educational agencies subject to PRA
- AB 551 (Levine) - Postemployment restrictions: independent contractors [CHAPTERED]
- AB 664 (Steinorth) - Campaign funds: compensation to candidate family members
- AB 774 (Harper) - Contribution limits: foreign nationals
- AB 780 (Harper) - Spot bill
- AB 867 (Cooley) - Definitions: contribution and behested payments [CHAPTERED]
- AB 895 (Quirk) - SOS: campaign statements: paper filing [CHAPTERED]
- AB 1089 (Mullin) - Local contribution limits
- AB 1234 (Levine) - Contribution limits: political party committees
- AB 1333 (Dababneh) - Local government agency: notices
- AB 1458 (Friedman) - State candidate hyperlink to financial disclosures
- AB 1478 (Jones-Sawyer) - Charter schools subject to PRA
- AB 1524 (Brough) - Mass mailing prohibition
- AB 1620 (Dababneh) - Postgovernment employment restrictions: members of the Legislature [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2051 (Choi) - Candidate statements: withdrawal or revision
- AB 2155 (Mullin) - Campaign advertisement disclosures [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2188 (Mullin) - Campaign advertisement disclosures [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2689 (Gray) - Contribution gift ban for certain Governor Appointees
- AB 2880 (Harper) - Local agreements with the Commission [CHAPTERED]
- AB 2882 (Harper) - Contribution limits: exception: payments to membership organizations
- SB 24 (Portantino) - Economic interest disclosure: value ranges
- SB 45 (Mendoza) - Mass mailing prohibition [CHAPTERED]
- SB 226 (Hertzberg) - Slate mailers: disclosure: public safety personnel [CHAPTERED]
- SB 267 (Pan) - City of Sacramento: agreement with Commission [CHAPTERED]
- SB 358 (Stern) [CHAPTERED] - Secretary of State: hyperlinks to local campaign finance information
- SB 529 (Nguyen) - Inspection of public records
- SB 679 (Morrell) - Postgovernment employment restrictions: members of the Legislature
- SB 738 (Fuller) - Spot bill
- SB 806 (Glazer) - Charter schools subject to PRA
- SB 1239 (Hertzberg) - Campaign disclosures [CHAPTERED]
- SB 1454 (Newman) - Spot bill