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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: statements of acknowledgment.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, as defined, and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. The act requires every committee to have a treasurer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 909	California AB 909 (20192020)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: statements of acknowledgment.	enacted	Gallagher	9	26	6	2019-02-20	2019-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/47695a69-70eb-4ab6-bbab-2cbf5b3cfc06	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB909	180b553e50ee02db835e2ba0664a32db771f4f5911ed674a1e8a2dd1b0a6227e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 909 (20192020) — Political Reform Act of 1974: statements of acknowledgment.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, as defined, and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. The act requires every committee to have a treasurer.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/28/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/18/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/20/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB909 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/06/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 909 Gallagher Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB909 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 909 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gallagher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2019-03-04 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 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
• 2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1361.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-08 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2019-05-20 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-28 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-07-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2053.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-07-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3005.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47695a69-70eb-4ab6-bbab-2cbf5b3cfc06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).