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type: "Bill"
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title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: security expenses."
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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 authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system if specified conditions are met. These conditions include that the candidate or elected officer has received threats to physical safety that have been verified by law enforcement and that no more than $5,000 in campaign funds be used for this purpose."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 2041"
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citation: "California AB 2041 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974", "campaign funds", "security expenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-02-01"
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last_action: "2024-09-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf6e690-30b4-4988-9b6f-e91f4babe14e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041"
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source_hash: "87526dc16a7f50f8412200ea3919e6eb2ed402ab52363f809aadeaa1c34420e8"
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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 2041 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: security expenses.
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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 authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system if specified conditions are met. These conditions include that the candidate or elected officer has received threats to physical safety that have been verified by law enforcement and that no more than $5,000 in campaign funds be used for this purpose.
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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. **02/01/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041&version=20230AB204199INT)
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2. **03/13/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041&version=20230AB204198AMD)
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3. **06/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041&version=20230AB204197AMD)
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4. **08/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041&version=20230AB204196AMD)
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5. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041&version=20230AB204194CHP)
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6. **AB2041** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041)
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7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041&version=20230AB204195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2041 Bonta Third Reading Urgency — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2041 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2041 Bonta et al. By Menjivar Urgency Clause — **34–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonta — primary (person)
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- Ashby — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
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- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4989.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2024-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2024-09-01** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-10** Enrolled measure version corrected.
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- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2024. `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/ccf6e690-30b4-4988-9b6f-e91f4babe14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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