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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals.	The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of political campaigns, lobbying, and other matters relating to governmental ethics and elections. The act prohibits a foreign government or foreign principal from making any contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification or support of, or opposition to, a state or local ballot measure or an election for a state or local office. The act prohibits a person or committee from soliciting or accepting a contribution from a foreign government or foreign principal for the same purposes. The act makes a violation of these prohibitions a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 953	California AB 953 (20252026)	bill	PoliticalReformActof1974 contributionsandexpendituresbyforeignnationals	enacted	Pacheco	7	25	6	2025-02-20	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4fb4f968-855d-4601-8518-65ce53031636	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953	f52c7add56c2fb4e86d8d3a17abe8490777a5cafd963ea8e1e598b297d0c13c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 953 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of political campaigns, lobbying, and other matters relating to governmental ethics and elections. The act prohibits a foreign government or foreign principal from making any contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification or support of, or opposition to, a state or local ballot measure or an election for a state or local office. The act prohibits a person or committee from soliciting or accepting a contribution from a foreign government or foreign principal for the same purposes. The act makes a violation of these prohibitions a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB953 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 953 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 953 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB953 Pacheco et al. By Umberg — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pacheco — primary (person)
• Alanis — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1663.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-17 From Consent Calendar.
• 2025-07-17 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2608.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3115.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fb4f968-855d-4601-8518-65ce53031636. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).