Bill Text: CA AB3124 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Internet websites: personal information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-01 - Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. [AB3124 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB3124-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 16, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits public officers from expending, and candidates from accepting, any public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office, except as specified.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 21.9 (commencing with Section 22570) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:CHAPTER 21.9. Publicly Available Personal Information
22570.
As used in this chapter, “covered personal information” means any of the following information that identifies a natural person:22571.
(a) A business shall not make covered personal information publicly available on its internet website.(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public officer shall not expend, and a candidate shall not accept, any public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office.
(b)A public officer or candidate may expend or accept public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office if the state or a local governmental entity establishes a dedicated fund for this purpose by statute, ordinance, resolution, or charter, and both of the following are true:
(1)The public moneys held in the fund are available
to all qualified, voluntarily participating candidates for the same office without regard to incumbency or political party preference.
(2)The state or local governmental entity has established criteria for determining a candidate’s qualification by statute, ordinance, resolution, or charter.