(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 (the act) authorizes specified campaign disclosure reports and statements of financial interest to be filed by fax, provided that the required originals or paper copies are sent by first-class mail or by any other personal delivery within 24 hours of the applicable deadline. The act generally authorizes other reports filed by candidates for elective office, committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, and other entities to be filed by various means, including personal delivery, guaranteed overnight delivery, facsimile transmission, and online transmission.
This bill would eliminate the option to file various statements and reports by facsimile transmission and would authorize certain reports to be filed by email.
(2) Existing law defines "campaign statement" for purposes of the act to mean an itemized report that is prepared on a form or in a manner prescribed by the Fair Political Practices Commission and that provides specified information.
This bill would delete reference to "forms" and instead define "campaign statement" to mean an itemized report that is prepared in a manner prescribed by the Commission.
(3) Under the act, if a committee is required to file a campaign statement or report disclosing an independent expenditure, a verification statement must accompany the campaign statement or report, as specified.
The bill would clarify that this provision applies to both semiannual and preelection statements disclosing an independent expenditure.
(4) The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements.
This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.

Statutes affected:
AB 808: 87505 GOV
02/19/25 - Introduced: 87505 GOV
03/18/25 - Amended Assembly: 84103 GOV, 84103 GOV, 87505 GOV
04/10/25 - Amended Assembly: 84103 GOV