CaliforniaPolitical Reform Act of 1974: candidate controlled committees: campaign statements.
What it does
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring elected officials, candidates for elective office, and committees to file periodic campaign statements. The act requires that these campaign statements contain prescribed information related to campaign contributions and expenditures of the filing entities.
More detail
This bill would require a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, with specified exceptions, to report additional information on its campaign statement if (1) an expenditure is made to a single person and the committee makes expenditures to that person exceeding $20,000 in the aggregate during the reporting period, (2) the candidate will not appear on the ballot at the next election, and (3) the committee is not established for the purpose of reelection of the controlling candidate to the same office. If the candidate controlled committee is required to report this information, its campaign statement must describe the specific political, legislative, or governmental purpose that is satisfied by the expenditure and, if applicable, whether the person to whom the expenditure was made or a reportable subvendor is an immediate family member of the candidate, a paid member of the candidate's campaign or officeholder staff, or an immediate family member of a paid member of the candidate's campaign or officeholder staff.
Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties. By requiring certain candidate controlled committees to report additional information on their campaign statements, the bill would expand the scope of a crime and impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements.
This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 594, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 27Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 20Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6326.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2255 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 19In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2255 Pellerin By Wiener. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 19Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5551.).Passed Senate
- Aug 11Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 10From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Aug 3From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 22In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Jun 30From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Major
- May 27Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Minor
- May 14In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2255 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5055.)Passed Assembly
- May 7Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- May 6From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 8Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Minor
- Apr 7From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 9Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced