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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.	(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures to name and identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interests of its major donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that the identity of a common employer shared by major donors be disclosed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 249	California AB 249 (20172018)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.	enacted	Mullin	9	30	8	2017-01-30	2017-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c121a1cd-5174-4a7f-8a52-bdb3ad29ed18	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249	ea049dcb41151c83220f42595306ab27073d6a4bfd610ae1d7141cede67653a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 249 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.

(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures to name and identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interests of its major donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that the identity of a common employer shared by major donors be disclosed.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/28/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/07/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB249 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB249 Mullin et al. By Allen Urgency Clause — 29–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 249 MULLIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — 59–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 249 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Allen — principal coauthor (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Dababneh — principal coauthor (person)
• De León — principal coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Hill — principal coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Levine — author (person)
• Leyva — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — principal coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Stern — principal coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1188.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-21 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-06-21 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-07-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-23 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2017-08-28 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2697.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2017-09-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3273.)
• 2017-09-14 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 14). committee-passage
• 2017-09-15 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3459.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c121a1cd-5174-4a7f-8a52-bdb3ad29ed18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).