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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures: advertisements.	Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires specified disclosures in advertisements regarding the source of the advertisement. The act defines "advertisement" for this purpose as a general or public communication that is authorized and paid for by a committee for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates for elective office or a ballot measure or ballot measures.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2188	California AB 2188 (20172018)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures: advertisements.	enacted	Mullin	8	29	8	2018-02-12	2018-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d80335a3-57b9-4589-a732-296252615add	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2188	58fe8b8238ddf4d30d7056ba8ccdcc366a81ce1a0a7d5e2cfb3a32e8a7839641	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2188 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures: advertisements.

Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires specified disclosures in advertisements regarding the source of the advertisement. The act defines "advertisement" for this purpose as a general or public communication that is authorized and paid for by a committee for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates for elective office or a ballot measure or ballot measures.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/09/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2188 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2188 Mullin et al. By Hill — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2188 Mullin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 2188 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — 62–13 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Allen — principal coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Stern — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 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
• 2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-04-05 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
• 2018-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5298.)
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 5629.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 6138.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 3.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d80335a3-57b9-4589-a732-296252615add. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).