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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, from making to a candidate for elective state office, for statewide elective office, or for the office of Governor, and prohibits those candidates from accepting from a person, a contribution totaling more than a specified amount per election. For a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, the limitation on contributions is $3,000 per election, as that amount is adjusted by the Fair Political Practices Commission in January of every odd-numbered year.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 571	California AB 571 (20192020)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.	enacted	Mullin	6	24	7	2019-02-14	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/7f48e083-f131-48c6-9bdc-7a0abb53ba70	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571	2d449d7be1aa916fb4c2671a9d1bde53f6b0d57eb14ad46c199f664becbdad95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 571 (20192020) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, from making to a candidate for elective state office, for statewide elective office, or for the office of Governor, and prohibits those candidates from accepting from a person, a contribution totaling more than a specified amount per election. For a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, the limitation on contributions is $3,000 per election, as that amount is adjusted by the Fair Political Practices Commission in January of every odd-numbered year.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB571 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB571 Mullin et al. By Allen — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 571 Mullin Assembly Third Reading — 65–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 2116.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-12 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2695.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f48e083-f131-48c6-9bdc-7a0abb53ba70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).