California AB775: Behested payments: reporting.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 84224 of, and to add Sections 84224.1 and 84224.2 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Behested payments: reporting. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including imposing reporting requirements on elected officials and campaign committees…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to amend Section 84224 of, and to add Sections 84224.1 and 84224.2 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Behested payments: reporting. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including imposing reporting requirements on elected officials and campaign committees. The act defines a behested payment as a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer, a member of the Public Utilities Commission, or an agent thereof, under specified circumstances, including a payment that is made principally for personal, charitable, legislative, or governmental purposes. Under the act, elected officials and members of the Public Utilities Commission are required to report behested payments within 30 days of the payment or payments exceeding $5,000 in the aggregate from the same source in the same calendar year in which they are made. All subsequent behested payments for the calendar year made by that source must be disclosed within 30 days after the date the threshold was reached or the payment was made, whichever occurs later. The act exempts a behesting officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission from these reporting obligations if they make a public appeal for payment by television, radio, billboard, public message on an online …

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Sponsors

• Mike Fong (D, AD49) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 870, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6928.).
5. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
6. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
7. August 30, 2026: Ordered to special consent calendar.
8. August 30, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
9. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
10. August 24, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB775 Fong By Cervantes (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 775 Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (July 14, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 775 Fong Assembly Third Reading (June 3, 2025): 79 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB775?

AB775 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Behested payments: reporting.

What does AB775 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Section 84224 of, and to add Sections 84224.1 and 84224.2 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Behested payments: reporting. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including imposing reporting requirements on elected officials and campaign committees…

What is the status of AB775?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 870, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored AB775?

Mike Fong (D, AD49).

Where is the official record for AB775?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB775