CA AB 1130
enactedPolitical Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1130 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1130 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-19): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1130 about?
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires a person paid by a committee to post content supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot measure on an internet website, web application, or digital application to include a disclaimer stating that they were paid by the committee in connection with the post, except as specified. Existing law requires the committee to notify the person paid to post the content of this requirement. Existing law authorizes the Fair Political Practices Commission to seek injunctive relief to compel compliance with this disclaimer requirement. Existing law exempts a person who violates the disclaimer requirement from administrative, civil, and criminal penalties established by the act. This bill would remove the exemption for administrative, civil, and criminal penalties and instead provide that if the required disclaimer is not included, the person paid to post the content and the committee who paid them are jointly and severally liable for any administrative or civil penalties incurred for the violation. The bill would require the committee to inform the person that failure to include the disclaimer may result in penalties under the Political Reform Act of 1974. The bill would also require the committee to include a statement on their campaign report, as specified, that the payment was provided for a paid thirty-party post. A violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 is punishable as a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime under the act, the bill would establish a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Who sponsors CA AB 1130?
Berman is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1130, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires a person paid by a committee to post content supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot measure on an internet website, web application, or digital application to include a disclaimer stating that they were paid by the committee in connection with the post, except as specified. Existing law requires the committee to notify the person paid to post the content of this requirement. Existing law authorizes the Fair Political Practices Commission to seek injunctive relief to compel compliance with this disclaimer requirement. Existing law exempts a person who violates the disclaimer requirement from administrative, civil, and criminal penalties established by the act. This bill would remove the exemption for administrative, civil, and criminal penalties and instead provide that if the required disclaimer is not included, the person paid to post the content and the committee who paid them are jointly and severally liable for any administrative or civil penalties incurred for the violation. The bill would require the committee to inform the person that failure to include the disclaimer may result in penalties under the Political Reform Act of 1974. The bill would also require the committee to include a statement on their campaign report, as specified, that the payment was provided for a paid thirty-party post. A violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 is punishable as a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime under the act, the bill would establish a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
- Introduced
- 2025-06-23
- Latest action
- 2026-09-19 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Bermanauthor
- Blanca Rubioauthor
- Umbergprincipal coauthor
- Cervantescoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-19
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-19
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6942.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 28).
committee-passage
2026-08-26
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
2026-08-26
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6621.)
2026-08-25
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
referral-committee
2026-08-24
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-24
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-15
Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
referral-committee
2026-06-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-15
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (c).
referral-committee
2026-06-11
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-11
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-11
From inactive file.
2025-09-04
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Laird.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-06-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-04
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2025-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1740.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-22
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-21
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-22 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Lowenthal: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Flora: yes
- Haney: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bains: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-05-21 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Solache: yes
- Hart: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
AB 1130 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-27 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Solache: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Krell: yes
- Davies: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Haney: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Flora: yes
- Patel: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Soria: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: other
- Nguyen: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-30 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Arreguín: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: other
- Niello: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Choi: yes
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