republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-378.md

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Bill	Public officials.	Existing law establishes in state government the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Board of Equalization, and Insurance Commissioner. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulates campaign finance, ethics and conflicts of interest of public officials, and the conduct of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbying employers. Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires specified commissions and agencies to review the provisions of the act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 378	California AB 378 (20212022)	bill	Public officials.	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	8	24	5	2021-02-01	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/5fec4455-42c8-40af-9ebd-84f12f6b3c05	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378	afdb68ef47581a5873d7ee181fd109f914f311814386e70fa5ee0362bc18255b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 378 (20212022) — Public officials.

Existing law establishes in state government the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Board of Equalization, and Insurance Commissioner. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulates campaign finance, ethics and conflicts of interest of public officials, and the conduct of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbying employers. Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires specified commissions and agencies to review the provisions of the act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/16/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/22/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/24/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB378 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/24/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB378 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 378 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 378 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Burke — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-02 From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
• 2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-25 From Consent Calendar.
• 2021-03-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-04-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1148.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1181.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1543.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-06-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2088.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fec4455-42c8-40af-9ebd-84f12f6b3c05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).