California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2413: Large-format public advertisements: public expense.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 89001 of, and to add Sections 82035.8 and 89002.1 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Large-format public advertisements: public expense. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act defines “mass mailing” to mean over 200 substantially similar pieces of mail, and defines “mass electronic mailing” to mean sending more than 200 substantially similar pieces of electronic mail within a calendar month…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Section 89001 of, and to add Sections 82035.8 and 89002.1 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Large-format public advertisements: public expense. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act defines “mass mailing” to mean over 200 substantially similar pieces of mail, and defines “mass electronic mailing” to mean sending more than 200 substantially similar pieces of electronic mail within a calendar month. The act prohibits a mass mailing from being sent at public expense if, among other things, the mailing features an elected officer affiliated with the agency that produces or sends the mailing, or includes the name, office, photograph, or other reference to the elected officer and is prepared or sent in cooperation, consultation, coordination, or concert with the elected officer. This bill would define “large-format public advertisement” as a billboard, wrap on a bus or other public transportation vehicle, advertisement affixed to a bus stop, and other public advertisements designated by the commission by regulation that are 24 inches by 36 inches or more in size. This bill would prohibit a large-format public advertisement from being published or displayed at public expense if, among other things, the advertisement includes the photograph of …