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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates the use of campaign funds held by candidates for elective office, elected officers, and campaign committees. The act authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system or for another tangible item related to security, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected officer, or the immediate family or staff of a candidate or elected officer, provided that the threat or potential threat to safety arises from the candidate's or elected officer's activities, duties, or status as a candidate or elected officer or from staff's position as staff of the candidate or elected officer. The act permits a candidate or elected officer to expend a maximum of $10,000 of campaign funds for these purposes during their lifetime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 789	California AB 789 (20252026)	bill	PoliticalReformActof1974 securityexpenses	enacted	Bonta	9	28	5	2025-02-18	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/15468f5a-ebbc-49fd-8ea2-aa5c684c16bd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB789	341e070c89b6a3290acde3350f894a663953885d5a692cc148ae3126bf26692f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 789 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates the use of campaign funds held by candidates for elective office, elected officers, and campaign committees. The act authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system or for another tangible item related to security, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected officer, or the immediate family or staff of a candidate or elected officer, provided that the threat or potential threat to safety arises from the candidate's or elected officer's activities, duties, or status as a candidate or elected officer or from staff's position as staff of the candidate or elected officer. The act permits a candidate or elected officer to expend a maximum of $10,000 of campaign funds for these purposes during their lifetime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB789 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 789 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB789 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 789 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — 59–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Ashby — coauthor (person)
• Rivas — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 4. Page 1170.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2025-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 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
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2985.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 6. Page 3465.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15468f5a-ebbc-49fd-8ea2-aa5c684c16bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).