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CA AB 2421

enacted

Political Reform Act of 1974: committee termination.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2421 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2421 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2421 about?

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the filing of reports of contributions and expenditures. The act requires committees and candidates to terminate their filing obligation, as provided by the Fair Political Practices Commission by regulation, ensuring that the committee or candidate will have no activity that must be disclosed subsequent to the termination. This bill would provide that if the Secretary of State determines that either of 2 conditions is present, the Secretary of State must provide notice to committees that receive contributions totaling $2,000 or more per year that the committee may be terminated 180 days after the notice is sent. Those conditions are: 1) The committee failed to submit a campaign report for at least the preceding 12 months and either had an ending cash balance of $3,000 or less on its last campaign statement or had an ending cash balance of $5,000 or less on its last campaign statement and owes $2,000 or more to the controlling candidate; 2) The committee filed a statement of organization in error. The bill would specify that if an objection to the termination notice is not filed by the committee or the commission with the Secretary of State within 180 days after the notice is sent, the Secretary of State may terminate the committee. 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 2421?

Valencia is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2421.

Description

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the filing of reports of contributions and expenditures. The act requires committees and candidates to terminate their filing obligation, as provided by the Fair Political Practices Commission by regulation, ensuring that the committee or candidate will have no activity that must be disclosed subsequent to the termination. This bill would provide that if the Secretary of State determines that either of 2 conditions is present, the Secretary of State must provide notice to committees that receive contributions totaling $2,000 or more per year that the committee may be terminated 180 days after the notice is sent. Those conditions are: 1) The committee failed to submit a campaign report for at least the preceding 12 months and either had an ending cash balance of $3,000 or less on its last campaign statement or had an ending cash balance of $5,000 or less on its last campaign statement and owes $2,000 or more to the controlling candidate; 2) The committee filed a statement of organization in error. The bill would specify that if an objection to the termination notice is not filed by the committee or the commission with the Secretary of State within 180 days after the notice is sent, the Secretary of State may terminate the committee. 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
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-07-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2026.
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Valenciaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-13

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-07-02

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-06-25

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-06-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).

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  6. 2026-06-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5015.).

  7. 2026-06-23

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2026-06-22

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  9. 2026-06-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2026-05-27

    Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-05-14

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2026-05-14

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5056.)

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  13. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2026-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  15. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-04-16

    Read second time and amended.

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  17. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15).

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  18. 2026-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  19. 2026-04-06

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.

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  20. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  21. 2026-03-16

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  23. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  24. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
  • 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
  • 06/29/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-29Compare
  • 07/13/26 - Chaptered — 2026-07-13Compare
  • AB2421Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-15 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gallagher: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Arambula: other

  • AB 2421 Valencia Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-14 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-09 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Umberg: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2026-06-25 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Jones: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other

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