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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign statements: filing."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires enumerated individuals and entities to file campaign statements with the Secretary of State. The act requires certain of these individuals and entities to file online or by electronic means, as specified, and it permits others to do so voluntarily. Existing law requires that online filers continue to file in paper format until the Secretary of State determines that the online and electronic disclosure systems are operating securely and effectively. Existing law specifies that the paper filing be considered the official filing for audit and other legal purposes. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to certify an online and electronic disclosure system for public use, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 895"
citation: "California AB 895 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign statements: filing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/693cd5fc-32af-4109-98c5-4fd99f5cbe80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB895"
source_hash: "b4dbc651b6b3f1b8a7070cdc8595912ef23da47a3e1f3e1eb39ad5ae0ca01277"
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 895 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign statements: filing.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires enumerated individuals and entities to file campaign statements with the Secretary of State. The act requires certain of these individuals and entities to file online or by electronic means, as specified, and it permits others to do so voluntarily. Existing law requires that online filers continue to file in paper format until the Secretary of State determines that the online and electronic disclosure systems are operating securely and effectively. Existing law specifies that the paper filing be considered the official filing for audit and other legal purposes. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to certify an online and electronic disclosure system for public use, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB895&version=20170AB89599INT)
2. **04/18/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB895&version=20170AB89598AMD)
3. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB895&version=20170AB89596CHP)
4. **AB895** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB895)
5. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB895&version=20170AB89597ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- AB 895 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB895 — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Quirk — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1392.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1843.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:40 p.m.
- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 111, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/693cd5fc-32af-4109-98c5-4fd99f5cbe80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).