republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-187.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: local ballot measure contribution and expenditure reporting."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides that if a committee receives contributions totaling $2,000 or more in a calendar year and is subject to a specified reporting requirement, that committee is required to file online or electronically with the Secretary of State each time it makes contributions of independent expenditures of at least $5,000 to support or oppose the qualification or passage of a single state ballot measure. Existing law requires that the filing occur within 10 business days of the contribution or independent expenditure and that it contain detailed information relating to the committee, ballot initiative, and contribution or independent expenditure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 187"
citation: "California AB 187 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: local ballot measure contribution and expenditure reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfed92f8-6824-4d6e-ac72-bf088e9804ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187"
source_hash: "03acf03720b077dd157dedfb84511141decc22e1b50bfac3d35b24144658c876"
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 187 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: local ballot measure contribution and expenditure reporting.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides that if a committee receives contributions totaling $2,000 or more in a calendar year and is subject to a specified reporting requirement, that committee is required to file online or electronically with the Secretary of State each time it makes contributions of independent expenditures of at least $5,000 to support or oppose the qualification or passage of a single state ballot measure. Existing law requires that the filing occur within 10 business days of the contribution or independent expenditure and that it contain detailed information relating to the committee, ballot initiative, and contribution or independent expenditure.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187&version=20170AB18799INT)
2. **03/14/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187&version=20170AB18798AMD)
3. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187&version=20170AB18797AMD)
4. **09/01/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187&version=20170AB18795CHP)
5. **AB187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187)
6. **08/23/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB187&version=20170AB18796ENR)

## Sponsors

- Gloria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 1133.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2174.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfed92f8-6824-4d6e-ac72-bf088e9804ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).