republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2720.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2720"
citation: "California AB 2720 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3335966c-d282-43c1-8e01-4d9af20d1ad8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720"
source_hash: "fb73afe2d1aee80f0153161accf333869d1759ba1680a89c57c1389db69ffa60"
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 2720 (19992000) — Political Reform Act of 1974: Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720&version=19990AB272099INT)
2. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720&version=19990AB272098AMD)
3. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720&version=19990AB272097AMD)
4. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720&version=19990AB272095CHP)
5. **AB2720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720)
6. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2720&version=19990AB272096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2720 OLBERG S PEC. CONSENT CALENDAR CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2720 OLBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2720 Olberg Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 975, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8951.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6398.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6220.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6220.)
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6718.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3335966c-d282-43c1-8e01-4d9af20d1ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).