---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974."
description: "(1) Existing law defines a \"statewide election\" and \"campaign expenditures\" for purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2001"
citation: "California AB 2001 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd40d914-5014-4bce-b528-0aca0eca6106"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2001"
source_hash: "91003f661d92225018b52d66a3cec7f2130abe908e82917fa0e9792f2f88add2"
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 2001 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974.

(1) Existing law defines a "statewide election" and "campaign expenditures" for purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2001&version=20230AB200199INT)
2. **03/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2001&version=20230AB200198AMD)
3. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2001&version=20230AB200196CHP)
4. **AB2001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2001)
5. **07/01/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2001&version=20230AB200197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2001 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallagher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** 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`
- **2024-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd40d914-5014-4bce-b528-0aca0eca6106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).