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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: filing requirements.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective offices, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other persons and entities, to file periodic campaign statements and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. Existing law permits a report or statement that has been on file for at least two years to be retained by a filing officer as a copy on microfilm or other space-saving materials and, after the Secretary of State certifies an online filing and disclosure system, as an electronic copy.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1170	California AB 1170 (20232024)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974 filing requirements	enacted	Valencia	8	25	7	2023-02-16	2024-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/8a9a3b77-2105-4206-85e3-1d12511f2ca0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1170	d2057d9dfe5df9d88b840f992d3966b1178863608a2fd0d10fcfcb8d6099513c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1170 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974: filing requirements.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective offices, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other persons and entities, to file periodic campaign statements and certain reports concerning campaign finances and related matters. Existing law permits a report or statement that has been on file for at least two years to be retained by a filing officer as a copy on microfilm or other space-saving materials and, after the Secretary of State certifies an online filing and disclosure system, as an electronic copy.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/28/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/05/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1170 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1170 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1170 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Valencia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 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
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-01-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3947.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-05-28 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-06-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 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
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5042.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6360.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a9a3b77-2105-4206-85e3-1d12511f2ca0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).