---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: filing requirements."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective offices, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other persons and entities, to file periodic campaign statements and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. Existing law permits a report or statement that has been on file for at least two years to be retained by a filing officer as a copy on microfilm or other space-saving materials and, after the Secretary of State certifies an online filing and disclosure system, as an electronic copy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1170"
citation: "California AB 1170 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974", "filing requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a9a3b77-2105-4206-85e3-1d12511f2ca0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170"
source_hash: "d2057d9dfe5df9d88b840f992d3966b1178863608a2fd0d10fcfcb8d6099513c"
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 1170 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974: filing requirements.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective offices, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other persons and entities, to file periodic campaign statements and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. Existing law permits a report or statement that has been on file for at least two years to be retained by a filing officer as a copy on microfilm or other space-saving materials and, after the Secretary of State certifies an online filing and disclosure system, as an electronic copy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117099INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117098AMD)
3. **05/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117097AMD)
4. **06/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117096AMD)
5. **06/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117095AMD)
6. **09/06/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117093CHP)
7. **AB1170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170)
8. **08/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170&version=20230AB117094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1170 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1170 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valencia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3947.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5042.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6360.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, 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/8a9a3b77-2105-4206-85e3-1d12511f2ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).