California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2255: Political Reform Act of 1974: candidate controlled committees: campaign statements.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 84211 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Political Reform Act of 1974: candidate controlled committees: campaign statements. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring elected officials, candidates for elective office, and committees to file periodic campaign statements. The act requires that these campaign statements contain prescribed information related to campaign contributions and expenditures of the filing entities…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Section 84211 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. the Political Reform Act of 1974 Political Reform Act of 1974: candidate controlled committees: campaign statements. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring elected officials, candidates for elective office, and committees to file periodic campaign statements. The act requires that these campaign statements contain prescribed information related to campaign contributions and expenditures of the filing entities. This bill would require a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, with specified exceptions, to report additional information on its campaign statement if (1) an expenditure is made to a single person and the committee makes expenditures to that person exceeding $20,000 in the aggregate during the reporting period, (2) the candidate will not appear on the ballot at the next election, and (3) the committee is not established for the purpose of reelection of the controlling candidate to the same office. If the candidate controlled committee is required to report this information, its campaign statement must describe the specific political, legislative, or governmental purpose that is satisfied by the expenditure and, if applicable, whether the person to whom the expenditure was made or a reportable subvendor is an immediate family …