---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: disclosure."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 404"
citation: "California AB 404 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be62e41b-3030-45d8-8ba7-a0a27b7209c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB404"
source_hash: "25274aff22498785a834af9f36467fdb5ce9034dbff208e6668a954e00b376ce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 404 (20072008) — Political Reform Act of 1974: disclosure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB404&version=20070AB40499INT)
2. **06/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB404&version=20070AB40498AMD)
3. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB404&version=20070AB40496CHP)
4. **AB404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB404)
5. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB404&version=20070AB40497ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #16 AB404 Ruskin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 404 RUSKIN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 404 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1435.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2175.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2867.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be62e41b-3030-45d8-8ba7-a0a27b7209c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).