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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: online filing and disclosure system."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires the filing of specified statements, reports and other documents. Under the act, a local government agency may require these filings to be made online or electronically with the local filing officer, as specified. The act requires the local filing officer to make all data so filed available on the internet in an easily understood format that provides the greatest public access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2151"
citation: "California AB 2151 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: online filing and disclosure system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-10"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd3a4512-4b71-4fd0-bd9f-9d3f5c2a76f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2151"
source_hash: "1b345d1ba61a8584dad1cf67be17661639752829ab7cad07f4b8bcf6bda644e4"
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 2151 (20192020) — Political Reform Act of 1974: online filing and disclosure system.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires the filing of specified statements, reports and other documents. Under the act, a local government agency may require these filings to be made online or electronically with the local filing officer, as specified. The act requires the local filing officer to make all data so filed available on the internet in an easily understood format that provides the greatest public access.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/10/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2151&version=20190AB215199INT)
2. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2151&version=20190AB215197CHP)
3. **AB2151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2151)
4. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2151&version=20190AB215198ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2151 — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **180** (pass) · lower
- AB 2151 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gallagher — primary (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4725.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4376.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd3a4512-4b71-4fd0-bd9f-9d3f5c2a76f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).