Existing law, commonly known as the code of ethics, prohibits a Member of the Legislature, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice from having any interest, engaging in any business, transaction, or professional activity, or incurring any obligation that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of their duties in the public interest and of their responsibilities, as specified. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, and regulates the making of gifts to public officials. Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, creates the Department of Human Resources and grants to the department the powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system.
California AB 2573 (20232024) — Policy fellows: status of services: associations.
Existing law, commonly known as the code of ethics, prohibits a Member of the Legislature, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice from having any interest, engaging in any business, transaction, or professional activity, or incurring any obligation that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of their duties in the public interest and of their responsibilities, as specified. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, and regulates the making of gifts to public officials. Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, creates the Department of Human Resources and grants to the department the powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2573 Mike Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2573 Mike Fong Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2573 Mike Fong et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mike Fong — primary (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Lee — author (person)
Low — coauthor (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2024-03-21 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-04-17 Coauthors revised.
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5108.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5183.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-06-12 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-05 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 5041.). 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 75. Noes 0. Page 6361.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f94ff916-acd3-4b16-ac96-7cb1a0851098. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).