---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures to name and identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interests of its major donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that the identity of a common employer shared by major donors be disclosed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 249"
citation: "California AB 249 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c121a1cd-5174-4a7f-8a52-bdb3ad29ed18"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249"
source_hash: "ea049dcb41151c83220f42595306ab27073d6a4bfd610ae1d7141cede67653a5"
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 249 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.

(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures to name and identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interests of its major donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that the identity of a common employer shared by major donors be disclosed.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24999INT)
2. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24998AMD)
3. **07/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24997AMD)
4. **08/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24996AMD)
5. **08/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24995AMD)
6. **08/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24994AMD)
7. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24992CHP)
8. **AB249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249)
9. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24993ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB249 Mullin et al. By Allen Urgency Clause — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 249 MULLIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **59–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 249 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Allen — principal coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — principal coauthor (person)
- De León — principal coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gloria — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Hill — principal coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Levine — author (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — principal coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1188.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-28** From 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2697.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3273.)
- **2017-09-14** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 14). `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-15** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3459.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c121a1cd-5174-4a7f-8a52-bdb3ad29ed18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).