republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable organizations: charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities."
description: "The Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act governs charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, trustees, commercial fundraisers, fundraising counsel, commercial coventurers, and other legal entities holding or soliciting property for charitable purposes over which the state or the Attorney General has enforcement and supervisory powers. The act requires certain entities to register with and to file specified items with the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. Additionally, the act requires registration forms and written reports to be filed with the Attorney General under oath, in accordance with rules and regulations. Under the act, any person who violates any of the act's provisions with intent to deceive or defraud any charity or individual is liable for a specified civil penalty. The act also authorizes the Attorney General to impose other specified civil penalties for related acts and omissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 488"
citation: "California AB 488 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable organizations: charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37fa4f96-031b-4250-8efb-c3cf4426558f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488"
source_hash: "13b09593d4a11f53e27884e057f4aa1c8c3cedd09fee3123fef6caa5f1a0b7b9"
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 488 (20212022) — Charitable organizations: charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities.

The Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act governs charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, trustees, commercial fundraisers, fundraising counsel, commercial coventurers, and other legal entities holding or soliciting property for charitable purposes over which the state or the Attorney General has enforcement and supervisory powers. The act requires certain entities to register with and to file specified items with the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. Additionally, the act requires registration forms and written reports to be filed with the Attorney General under oath, in accordance with rules and regulations. Under the act, any person who violates any of the act's provisions with intent to deceive or defraud any charity or individual is liable for a specified civil penalty. The act also authorizes the Attorney General to impose other specified civil penalties for related acts and omissions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488&version=20210AB48899INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488&version=20210AB48898AMD)
3. **06/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488&version=20210AB48897AMD)
4. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488&version=20210AB48896AMD)
5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488&version=20210AB48894CHP)
6. **AB488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488)
7. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB488&version=20210AB48895ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 488 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **59–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB488 Irwin By Limón — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 488 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 1631.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 1716.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2298.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 2708.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37fa4f96-031b-4250-8efb-c3cf4426558f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).