republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1181.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: statements and reports."
description: "(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires a candidate or committee that makes or receives a late contribution, or a committee that makes a late independent expenditure, to report the contribution or expenditure by specified means. The act requires the late contribution or the late independent expenditure to be reported by facsimile transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of the time the contribution or independent expenditure is made. The act also requires certain of these types of contributions and expenditures to be reported online."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1181"
citation: "California AB 1181 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: statements and reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huber"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b05d6b1e-e9d7-4f72-a284-7390c5272506"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181"
source_hash: "cbcefd60445f6f86b71c3beb0524e99bf8d5a11adee786aa4ca9f049fd258dcb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1181 (20092010) — Political Reform Act of 1974: statements and reports.

(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires a candidate or committee that makes or receives a late contribution, or a committee that makes a late independent expenditure, to report the contribution or expenditure by specified means. The act requires the late contribution or the late independent expenditure to be reported by facsimile transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of the time the contribution or independent expenditure is made. The act also requires certain of these types of contributions and expenditures to be reported online.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118199INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118198AMD)
3. **04/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118197AMD)
4. **05/07/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118192CHP)
5. **06/30/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118196AMD)
6. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118195AMD)
7. **08/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118194AMD)
8. **AB1181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181)
9. **04/26/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1181&version=20090AB118193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1181 HUBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1181 HUBER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1181 Huber By Strickland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1730.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3198.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-04-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4789.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-04-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2010-05-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-05-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b05d6b1e-e9d7-4f72-a284-7390c5272506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).