Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

8.5 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filings. The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires statewide elected officials, elected members of specified entities, candidates for elective office, certain committees, and slate mailer organizations to file periodic campaign statements and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. The act also requires lobbying firms, lobbying coalitions, and individual lobbyists to file a registration statement with the Secretary of State, as specified. Existing law, until the Secretary of State develops and certifies an online filing and disclosure system, requires the filing of these documents online or electronically, if specified conditions are met, and requires that once a person or entity is required to file online or electronically, they are required to file all subsequent reports online or electronically. For persons or entities who file online or electronically with the Secretary of State, existing law requires those persons or entities to also file the original and one copy of the statement or report on paper, with the original serving as the official copy for audit and other legal purposes. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 2172 California AB 2172 (20212022)
bill
Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filings.
enacted
Cervantes
8 28 8 2022-02-15 2022-09-15 openstates ocd-bill/3acc07e6-db09-4a5b-be85-9e0a5aaae8e8 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2172 025d6ec10180d07a28938da47eb1e32ed5f2010686118d2080479bce17cd2b65 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-ca

California AB 2172 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filings.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires statewide elected officials, elected members of specified entities, candidates for elective office, certain committees, and slate mailer organizations to file periodic campaign statements and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. The act also requires lobbying firms, lobbying coalitions, and individual lobbyists to file a registration statement with the Secretary of State, as specified. Existing law, until the Secretary of State develops and certifies an online filing and disclosure system, requires the filing of these documents online or electronically, if specified conditions are met, and requires that once a person or entity is required to file online or electronically, they are required to file all subsequent reports online or electronically. For persons or entities who file online or electronically with the Secretary of State, existing law requires those persons or entities to also file the original and one copy of the statement or report on paper, with the original serving as the official copy for audit and other legal purposes.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/15/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/14/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/15/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB2172 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/26/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Special Consent AB2172 — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 60 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2172 Cervantes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 760 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 40 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 120 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2172 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — 740 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cervantes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
  • 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
  • 2022-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2022-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2022-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4829.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
  • 2022-06-02 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-27 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4980.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
  • 2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2022-09-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-09-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3acc07e6-db09-4a5b-be85-9e0a5aaae8e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).