---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions: foreign governments or principals."
description: "Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor and subject to specified penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 319"
citation: "California AB 319 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions: foreign governments or principals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valladares"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ab6749e-40f5-488a-86f5-521e77f42bb2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB319"
source_hash: "1f049f3b7f1d359357270d6765e6bc328b8a3cb57ce4fced3f84ba218e3addf5"
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 319 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions: foreign governments or principals.

Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor and subject to specified penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB319&version=20210AB31999INT)
2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB319&version=20210AB31998AMD)
3. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB319&version=20210AB31996CHP)
4. **AB319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB319)
5. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB319&version=20210AB31997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB319 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 319 Valladares Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valladares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1335.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1692.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ab6749e-40f5-488a-86f5-521e77f42bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).