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type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: political advertisements: artificial intelligence."
description: "Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires certain advertisements to contain specified disclosures. The Fair Political Practices Commission is charged with administering and implementing the act, and may, when it determines a violation has occurred, bring an administrative action and issue an order requiring the violator to cease and desist the violation, file specified documents, or pay a monetary penalty of up to $5,000 per violation. The commission may also, in certain instances, bring a civil action against any person who violates any provision of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2355"
citation: "California AB 2355 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974", "artificial intelligence", "political advertisements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Carrillo"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6239412c-b31c-4ce7-b4aa-694c8c683c17"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355"
source_hash: "60006c4c4ec9175b1e07babb348fceca91be8a6f0e8a672b6a82cd83f86faa60"
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 2355 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974: political advertisements: artificial intelligence.
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires certain advertisements to contain specified disclosures. The Fair Political Practices Commission is charged with administering and implementing the act, and may, when it determines a violation has occurred, bring an administrative action and issue an order requiring the violator to cease and desist the violation, file specified documents, or pay a monetary penalty of up to $5,000 per violation. The commission may also, in certain instances, bring a civil action against any person who violates any provision of the act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235599INT)
2. **04/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235598AMD)
3. **04/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235597AMD)
4. **06/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235596AMD)
5. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235595AMD)
6. **09/17/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235593CHP)
7. **AB2355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355)
8. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355&version=20230AB235594ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2355 Wendy Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **640** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **130** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **91** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2355 Wendy Carrillo et al By Wilk — **400** (pass) · upper
- AB 2355 Wendy Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **71** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **91** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wendy Carrillo — primary (person)
- Cervantes — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS, P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5471.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A., JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6239412c-b31c-4ce7-b4aa-694c8c683c17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).