Existing law requires all local agency officials to receive training in ethics, at specified intervals, if the local agency provides certain monetary payments to a member of a legislative body, as provided. Existing law requires all local agency officials who are members of specified public bodies to receive the above-described training, whether or not the member receives any type of compensation, salary, or stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Existing law requires an entity that develops curricula to satisfy the above-described requirements to consult with the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General regarding the sufficiency and accuracy of the proposed course content. Existing law prohibits the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General, as specified, from precluding an entity from also including local ethics policies in the curricula.
California AB 2631 (20232024) — Local agencies: ethics training.
Existing law requires all local agency officials to receive training in ethics, at specified intervals, if the local agency provides certain monetary payments to a member of a legislative body, as provided. Existing law requires all local agency officials who are members of specified public bodies to receive the above-described training, whether or not the member receives any type of compensation, salary, or stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Existing law requires an entity that develops curricula to satisfy the above-described requirements to consult with the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General regarding the sufficiency and accuracy of the proposed course content. Existing law prohibits the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General, as specified, from precluding an entity from also including local ethics policies in the curricula.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2631 Mike Fong Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mike Fong — primary (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.
2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2024-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5544.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). 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 5044.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-08-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be00b461-7351-4b5e-bb74-5bcb3e3fe948. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).