republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-481.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosure."
description: "Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 481"
citation: "California AB 481 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40601f7e-dc99-404e-a818-e4fb46766abf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481"
source_hash: "1d562e582548da2dcdb49ccc53bb222eb8fc391c71a24a10480c784bea9b9331"
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 481 (20112012) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosure.

Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48199INT)
2. **04/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48198AMD)
3. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48197AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48196AMD)
5. **08/13/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48195AMD)
6. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48193CHP)
7. **AB481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481)
8. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB481&version=20110AB48194ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB481 Gordon By Correa — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 481 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–11** (pass) · lower
- AB 481 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **48–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 1336.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-27** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator DeSaulnier.
- **2012-06-25** From inactive file.
- **2012-06-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5006.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6685.)
- **2012-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 11. Page 6753.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40601f7e-dc99-404e-a818-e4fb46766abf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).