---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds."
description: "Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibit a spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office from receiving compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of the officer or candidate for services rendered in connection with fundraising, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2320"
citation: "California AB 2320 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5922c5ff-7d47-4b50-a68e-b13b07ea8400"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2320"
source_hash: "f3c2521ae4b8e70fd3e323fb703bb4c3b7194d4c3d287b5d7b9a08e7240dba90"
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 2320 (20132014) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds.

Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibit a spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office from receiving compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of the officer or candidate for services rendered in connection with fundraising, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2320&version=20130AB232099INT)
2. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2320&version=20130AB232097CHP)
3. **AB2320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2320)
4. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2320&version=20130AB232098ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2320 Fong By Jackson — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2320 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4600.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4659.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 902, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5922c5ff-7d47-4b50-a68e-b13b07ea8400`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).