Bill Text: CA AB2155 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 777, Statutes of 2018. [AB2155 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2155-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 05, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 20, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 2155 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Mullin |
February 12, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act requires the names of specified candidates and committees to be disclosed in a mass electronic mailing, as defined, that the entity sends. The act also requires advertisements, as defined, to disclose, among other things, the advertisement’s funding source, including independent expenditures, and the names of the top contributors to the committee paying for the advertisement. The act further requires that an advertisement supporting or opposing a candidate that is paid for by an independent expenditure include a statement that it was not authorized by a candidate or a committee controlled by a candidate.
This bill would apply those disclosure requirements to a mass electronic mailing sent by a committee, other than a
candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate or a political party committee. The disclosure requirements would apply to a mass electronic mailing paid for by an independent expenditure.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 84305 of the Government Code is amended to read:84305.
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, or political party committee shall not send a mass mailing unless the name, street address, and city of the candidate or committee are shown on the outside of each piece of mail in the mass mailing and on at least one of the inserts included within each piece of mail of the mailing in no less than 6-point type that is in a color or print that contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible. A post office box may be stated in lieu of a street address if the candidate’s, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate’s, or political party committee’s address is a matter of public record with the Secretary of State.(1)
(2)
(3)
SEC. 2.
Section 84501 of the Government Code is amended to read:84501.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
SEC. 3.
Section 84502 of the Government Code is amended to read:84502.
(a) (1) Any advertisement paid for by a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, shall include the wordsSEC. 4.
Section 84504.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:84504.1.
(a) An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is disseminated as a video, including advertisements on television and videos disseminated over the Internet, shall include the disclosures required by Sections 84502 and 84503 at the beginning or end of the advertisement.SEC. 5.
Section 84504.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:84504.2.
(a) A print advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, shall include the disclosures required by Sections 84502, 84503, and 84506.5, displayed as follows:(3)
(4)