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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits."
description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, from making to a candidate for elective state office, for statewide elective office, or for the office of Governor, and prohibits those candidates from accepting from a person, a contribution totaling more than a specified amount per election. For a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, the limitation on contributions is $3,000 per election, as that amount is adjusted by the Fair Political Practices Commission in January of every odd-numbered year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 571"
citation: "California AB 571 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f48e083-f131-48c6-9bdc-7a0abb53ba70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571"
source_hash: "2d449d7be1aa916fb4c2671a9d1bde53f6b0d57eb14ad46c199f664becbdad95"
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 571 (20192020) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, from making to a candidate for elective state office, for statewide elective office, or for the office of Governor, and prohibits those candidates from accepting from a person, a contribution totaling more than a specified amount per election. For a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, the limitation on contributions is $3,000 per election, as that amount is adjusted by the Fair Political Practices Commission in January of every odd-numbered year.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571&version=20190AB57199INT)
2. **03/14/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571&version=20190AB57198AMD)
3. **04/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571&version=20190AB57197AMD)
4. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571&version=20190AB57195CHP)
5. **AB571** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571)
6. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB571&version=20190AB57196ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB571 Mullin et al. By Allen — **328** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **61** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **135** (pass) · lower
- AB 571 Mullin Assembly Third Reading — **6513** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mullin — primary (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 2116.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2695.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f48e083-f131-48c6-9bdc-7a0abb53ba70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).