CA AB 1560

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Lobbyist certification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires individual lobbyists to prepare certifications, as specified, for filing with the Secretary of State. The act also requires lobbying firms and certain lobbyist employers to register with the Secretary of State. The act makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. Under existing law, a person who violates the act is prohibited from acting as a lobbyist for a period of four years following the date of conviction, except as specified. This bill would prohibit a person who has been convicted of a crime of public corruption, as defined, from serving as a lobbyist for 12 years following the date of the conviction. The bill would prohibit the Secretary of State from accepting a lobbying certification from a person who indicates such a conviction on the lobbying certification. The bill would void an existing lobbying certification in the event of such a conviction. The bill would require a registered lobbyist, upon conviction for a crime of public corruption, to immediately terminate their registration with the Secretary of State. The bill would require a lobbying certification to include a statement that the applicant has not been convicted of a crime of public corruption within the previous 12 years. 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 a new crime, this 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: 2026-06-22
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-30 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Lobbyistcertification

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-08
Read first time. To print.
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2026-01-09
From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
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2026-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).
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2026-04-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-23
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4813.)
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2026-05-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5546.)
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2026-06-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
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2026-06-22
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.
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2026-06-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

01/08/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-08Compare
04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
06/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-22Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-25 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Solache: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Addis: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Berman: yes
Do pass.
2026-04-15 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pellerin: other
- Muratsuchi: other
AB 1560 Tangipa Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 65-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Flora: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Bains: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Fong: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Kalra: other
- Garcia: other
- Elhawary: other
- Ward: other
- Hart: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Lee: other
- Pellerin: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- McKinnor: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Ramos: other
- Jackson: other
- Bonta: other
- Wilson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-30 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Choi: yes

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