republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1043.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: cybersecurity."
description: "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 generally prohibits the use of campaign funds for payment or reimbursement for the lease of real property or for the purchase, lease, or refurbishment of any appliance or equipment if the lessee or sublessor is, or the legal title resides in, a specified individual, such as a candidate, elected officer, or a member of the candidate or officer's immediate family. Notwithstanding that prohibition, existing law authorizes the use of campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the costs of installing and monitoring an electronic security system in a candidate or elected officer's home or office, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1043"
citation: "California AB 1043 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: cybersecurity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a19d214-6555-4ff1-94ce-784eb61f7a50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1043"
source_hash: "58505c2ca7eac38c736567b27df71feaebbc1659476e40515793eaf0db35811c"
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 1043 (20192020) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: cybersecurity.

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 generally prohibits the use of campaign funds for payment or reimbursement for the lease of real property or for the purchase, lease, or refurbishment of any appliance or equipment if the lessee or sublessor is, or the legal title resides in, a specified individual, such as a candidate, elected officer, or a member of the candidate or officer's immediate family. Notwithstanding that prohibition, existing law authorizes the use of campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the costs of installing and monitoring an electronic security system in a candidate or elected officer's home or office, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1043&version=20190AB104399INT)
2. **07/01/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1043&version=20190AB104397CHP)
3. **AB1043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1043)
4. **06/26/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1043&version=20190AB104398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1043 Irwin Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1587.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1727.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 46, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a19d214-6555-4ff1-94ce-784eb61f7a50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).