CA AB 359
enactedFair Political Practices Commission.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 359 pass?
Yes. CA AB 359 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 359 about?
The Political Reform Act of 1974 permits the Fair Political Practices Commission, upon mutual agreement between the commission and the governing body of a local government agency, to assume primary responsibility for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of a local campaign finance or government ethics law passed by the local government agency. The act authorizes the commission with respect to the local campaign finance or government ethics law to, among other things, provide advice, investigate possible violations, and bring civil actions. If such an agreement is executed, the act further requires the commission to report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025 with specified information, including legislative recommendations, regarding the performance of the agreement. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. The act authorizes the commission to enter into a similar agreement with the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino. This bill would additionally authorize the commission to conduct audits with respect to the local campaign finance or government ethics law. The bill would delete the requirement for the commission to report to the Legislature and remove the January 1, 2026 repeal date, thereby indefinitely extending the operation of the provisions described above. The bill would repeal the provisions pertaining to the County of San Bernardino. 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 359?
Ramos is the primary sponsor of CA AB 359.
Description
The Political Reform Act of 1974 permits the Fair Political Practices Commission, upon mutual agreement between the commission and the governing body of a local government agency, to assume primary responsibility for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of a local campaign finance or government ethics law passed by the local government agency. The act authorizes the commission with respect to the local campaign finance or government ethics law to, among other things, provide advice, investigate possible violations, and bring civil actions. If such an agreement is executed, the act further requires the commission to report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025 with specified information, including legislative recommendations, regarding the performance of the agreement. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. The act authorizes the commission to enter into a similar agreement with the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino. This bill would additionally authorize the commission to conduct audits with respect to the local campaign finance or government ethics law. The bill would delete the requirement for the commission to report to the Legislature and remove the January 1, 2026 repeal date, thereby indefinitely extending the operation of the provisions described above. The bill would repeal the provisions pertaining to the County of San Bernardino. 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
- 2025-07-01
- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ramosauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-02
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-08-25
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2722.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-07-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-07-15
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
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-1,reading-2
2025-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,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).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1820.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2025-01-31
From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
2025-01-30
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-03-26 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Stefani: yes
- Berman: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 359 Ramos Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ward: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Chen: yes
- Bonta: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Davies: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ta: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bains: yes
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 359 Ramos 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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