republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-378.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officials."
description: "Existing law establishes in state government the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Board of Equalization, and Insurance Commissioner. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulates campaign finance, ethics and conflicts of interest of public officials, and the conduct of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbying employers. Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires specified commissions and agencies to review the provisions of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 378"
citation: "California AB 378 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public officials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fec4455-42c8-40af-9ebd-84f12f6b3c05"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378"
source_hash: "afdb68ef47581a5873d7ee181fd109f914f311814386e70fa5ee0362bc18255b"
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 378 (20212022) — Public officials.

Existing law establishes in state government the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Board of Equalization, and Insurance Commissioner. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulates campaign finance, ethics and conflicts of interest of public officials, and the conduct of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbying employers. Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the California Coastal Commission and requires specified commissions and agencies to review the provisions of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37899INT)
2. **03/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37898AMD)
3. **03/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37897AMD)
4. **04/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37896AMD)
5. **05/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37895AMD)
6. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37893CHP)
7. **AB378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378)
8. **06/24/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB378&version=20210AB37894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB378 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 378 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 378 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-03-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-04-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1148.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1181.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1543.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-06-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2088.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fec4455-42c8-40af-9ebd-84f12f6b3c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).