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type: "Bill"
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title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures to name and identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interests of its major donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that the identity of a common employer shared by major donors be disclosed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 249"
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citation: "California AB 249 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-30"
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last_action: "2017-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c121a1cd-5174-4a7f-8a52-bdb3ad29ed18"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249"
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source_hash: "ea049dcb41151c83220f42595306ab27073d6a4bfd610ae1d7141cede67653a5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 249 (20172018) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.
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(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures to name and identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interests of its major donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that the identity of a common employer shared by major donors be disclosed.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/30/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24999INT)
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2. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24998AMD)
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3. **07/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24997AMD)
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4. **08/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24996AMD)
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5. **08/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24995AMD)
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6. **08/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24994AMD)
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7. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24992CHP)
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8. **AB249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249)
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9. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249&version=20170AB24993ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB249 Mullin et al. By Allen Urgency Clause — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- AB 249 MULLIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **59–15** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 249 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mullin — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Allen — principal coauthor (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Chu — coauthor (person)
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- Dababneh — principal coauthor (person)
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- De León — principal coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — coauthor (person)
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- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
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- Gloria — coauthor (person)
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- Grayson — coauthor (person)
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- Hill — principal coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Levine — author (person)
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- Leyva — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
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- Nazarian — principal coauthor (person)
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- Newman — coauthor (person)
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- Portantino — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
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- **2017-02-06** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1188.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2017-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-28** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-29** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-09-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2697.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-09-13** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3273.)
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- **2017-09-14** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 14). `committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-15** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3459.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c121a1cd-5174-4a7f-8a52-bdb3ad29ed18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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