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CA AB808

Bill

Status

Passed

10/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dawn Addis

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the option to file campaign statements and reports by facsimile transmission and authorizes certain reports to be filed by email instead

  • Replaces the term "campaign statement" with "campaign report" and "statement of organization" with "registration" throughout the Political Reform Act

  • Removes the $100,000 cap on personal loans candidates can make to their own campaigns for state, county, or city office, while maintaining the prohibition on charging interest on such loans

  • Requires all persons and entities filing with the Secretary of State to file online or electronically once the new Cal-Access filing system is certified, with all subsequent reports also required to be filed electronically

  • Repeals the provision requiring the Fair Political Practices Commission to provide a short form for candidates and officeholders receiving or spending less than $2,000 annually

Legislative Description

Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2025.

10/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/15/2025
Elections and Constitutional Amendments5/21/2025
Rules5/8/2025
Appropriations4/9/2025
Elections3/17/2025

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