CA AB 1286
enactedPolitical Reform Act of 1974: prospective employment.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 1286 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1286 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 1286 about?
The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires specified public officials to file statements disclosing their investments and interests in real property on the date they assume office, and income received during the 12 months before assuming office, and to file subsequent statements at intervals specified by regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission and upon leaving office. This bill would also require those public officials to disclose arrangements for prospective employment according to specified deadlines. The bill would define "arrangement for prospective employment" as an agreement pursuant to which a prospective employer's offer of employment has been accepted by the prospective employee. 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. A violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 is punishable as a misdemeanor. By creating new disclosure requirements and therefore creating new crimes under the act, the bill would impose 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.
Who sponsors CA AB 1286?
Boerner is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1286.
Description
The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires specified public officials to file statements disclosing their investments and interests in real property on the date they assume office, and income received during the 12 months before assuming office, and to file subsequent statements at intervals specified by regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission and upon leaving office. This bill would also require those public officials to disclose arrangements for prospective employment according to specified deadlines. The bill would define "arrangement for prospective employment" as an agreement pursuant to which a prospective employer's offer of employment has been accepted by the prospective employee. 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. A violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 is punishable as a misdemeanor. By creating new disclosure requirements and therefore creating new crimes under the act, the bill would impose 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.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Boernerauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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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.
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2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
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2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9).
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2025-04-10
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-21
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
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2025-05-01
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-05
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1430.)
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2025-05-06
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
referral-committee
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).
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2025-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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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.
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2025-07-15
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2138.).
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2025-07-17
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-25
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2726.).
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2025-09-02
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
- 07/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-02Compare
- 08/27/25 - Enrolled — 2025-08-27Compare
- 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-09 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Stefani: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Macedo: yes
Do pass.
2025-04-30 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 1286 Boerner Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-05 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ta: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Soria: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Flora: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hart: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Chen: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: other
- Bains: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-01 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Allen: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Limón: yes
- Choi: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-07-17 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Limón: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Stern: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Grove: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: other
- Becker: other
- Padilla: other
- Reyes: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
AB 1286 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-08-25 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Alvarez: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Patel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Flora: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Soria: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alanis: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Solache: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Berman: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Fong: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Davies: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Arambula: other
- Bonta: other
- Bains: other
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