republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2691.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: online and electronic filing."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop an online and electronic filing system to be used by certain entities, including specified candidates, general purpose committees, slate mailer organizations, and lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers, in filing statements and reports required under the act. The act imposes certain online or electronic disclosure requirements that are specific to the 1998 statewide general election and the 2000 statewide primary election. The act also appropriates to the Secretary of State the sum of $1,100,000 for the purpose of developing online or electronic disclosure systems, effective September 16, 1999. Under existing law, an appropriation is available to be encumbered for 3 years after the date upon which it first became available for encumbrance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2691"
citation: "California AB 2691 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: online and electronic filing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-03-14"
last_action: "2012-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f9fb88-e144-485f-b6a7-590fe7aee740"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2691"
source_hash: "588da9f3382c2fe3bed0e3852b9c2e4c17aace18e19304846eba2de5247753a2"
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 2691 (20112012) — Political Reform Act of 1974: online and electronic filing.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop an online and electronic filing system to be used by certain entities, including specified candidates, general purpose committees, slate mailer organizations, and lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers, in filing statements and reports required under the act. The act imposes certain online or electronic disclosure requirements that are specific to the 1998 statewide general election and the 2000 statewide primary election. The act also appropriates to the Secretary of State the sum of $1,100,000 for the purpose of developing online or electronic disclosure systems, effective September 16, 1999. Under existing law, an appropriation is available to be encumbered for 3 years after the date upon which it first became available for encumbrance.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2691&version=20110AB269199INT)
2. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2691&version=20110AB269197CHP)
3. **AB2691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2691)
4. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2691&version=20110AB269198ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2691 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2691 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Correa — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4784.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-25** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Correa.
- **2012-08-23** From inactive file.
- **2012-08-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4949.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9f9fb88-e144-485f-b6a7-590fe7aee740`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).