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type: "Bill"
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title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals."
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description: "The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of political campaigns, lobbying, and other matters relating to governmental ethics and elections. The act prohibits a foreign government or foreign principal from making any contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification or support of, or opposition to, a state or local ballot measure or an election for a state or local office. The act prohibits a person or committee from soliciting or accepting a contribution from a foreign government or foreign principal for the same purposes. The act makes a violation of these prohibitions a misdemeanor."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 953"
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citation: "California AB 953 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PoliticalReformActof1974", "contributionsandexpendituresbyforeignnationals"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"]
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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: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fb4f968-855d-4601-8518-65ce53031636"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953"
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source_hash: "f52c7add56c2fb4e86d8d3a17abe8490777a5cafd963ea8e1e598b297d0c13c4"
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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 953 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals.
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The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of political campaigns, lobbying, and other matters relating to governmental ethics and elections. The act prohibits a foreign government or foreign principal from making any contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification or support of, or opposition to, a state or local ballot measure or an election for a state or local office. The act prohibits a person or committee from soliciting or accepting a contribution from a foreign government or foreign principal for the same purposes. The act makes a violation of these prohibitions a misdemeanor.
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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. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953&version=20250AB95399INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953&version=20250AB95398AMD)
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3. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953&version=20250AB95397AMD)
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4. **07/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953&version=20250AB95396AMD)
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5. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953&version=20250AB95394CHP)
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6. **AB953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953)
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7. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB953&version=20250AB95395ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 953 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 953 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB953 Pacheco et al. By Umberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pacheco — primary (person)
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- Alanis — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** 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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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1663.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-17** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2025-07-17** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2608.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3115.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2025. `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/4fb4f968-855d-4601-8518-65ce53031636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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