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type: "Bill"
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title: "Political Reform Act of 1974."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, imposes various requirements and limitations with respect to the conduct of public officials, campaign expenditures and disclosures, political advertisements, lobbying, the ballot pamphlet, and other aspects of political reform. The act defines numerous terms that govern its interpretation, including \"proponent of a state ballot measure,\" which it defines by reference to a definition in the Elections Code."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1590"
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citation: "California AB 1590 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-03-18"
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last_action: "2021-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dbc6f38-3537-40d7-a95e-735a9842c164"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1590"
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source_hash: "ed5e7d5e85813d37286f086a8c8284ea11e485467b7807d51d8b4a8d680e2efd"
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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 1590 (20212022) — Political Reform Act of 1974.
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(1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, imposes various requirements and limitations with respect to the conduct of public officials, campaign expenditures and disclosures, political advertisements, lobbying, the ballot pamphlet, and other aspects of political reform. The act defines numerous terms that govern its interpretation, including "proponent of a state ballot measure," which it defines by reference to a definition in the Elections Code.
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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. **03/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1590&version=20210AB159099INT)
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2. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1590&version=20210AB159097CHP)
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3. **AB1590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1590)
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4. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1590&version=20210AB159098ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1590 ELECTIONS (Berman) By Nielsen — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1590 E. & R. Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Elections — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
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- **2021-03-25** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-29** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 1428.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-27** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1692.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2287.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 317, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/7dbc6f38-3537-40d7-a95e-735a9842c164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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