---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contribution requirements: recurring contributions."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including contribution limitations and requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 775"
citation: "California AB 775 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contribution requirements: recurring contributions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e39fb7fe-59a6-4165-b206-5e31d7f9aa9d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775"
source_hash: "0346772de36cf83a2862fd55fcd1abeeb790cf05abbdef6040f98bb7d13d3fb7"
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 775 (20212022) — Contribution requirements: recurring contributions.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including contribution limitations and requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77599INT)
2. **03/23/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77598AMD)
3. **04/13/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77597AMD)
4. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77596AMD)
5. **06/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77595AMD)
6. **07/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77594AMD)
7. **08/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77593AMD)
8. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77591CHP)
9. **AB775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775)
10. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB775&version=20210AB77592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 775 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB775 Berman et al. By Glazer — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 775 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1897.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Glazer.
- **2022-08-16** From inactive file.
- **2022-08-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5178.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2022-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 942, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e39fb7fe-59a6-4165-b206-5e31d7f9aa9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).