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 02/10/26 - Introduced

 AB-1789 Political Reform Act of 1974: candidate trainings.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/08/2026 09:00 PM

AB1789:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 08, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 18, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 20, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 19, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1789

Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner

February 10, 2026

 An act to add Section 85201.5 to the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1789, as amended, Boerner.
 Political Reform Act of 1974: candidate trainings.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees.

This bill would, commencing January 1, 2029, require an individual who files a statement of intention to be a a candidate for elective office with a candidate controlled committee to complete a training course on the requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974 with respect to campaigns for
 the office for which they intend to be a candidate. For a candidate who does not complete the training, the bill would prohibit any committee they control, as specified,
 the candidate controlled committee from receiving contributions until the candidate completes the training. The bill would, commencing January 1, 2029, also require the treasurer for a candidate controlled committee to complete a training course on the requirements of the act that apply to the committee. The bill would prohibit a committee whose treasurer does not complete the training course from accepting contributions until the training course is completed. The bill would exempt from these requirements an individual who is required to complete, and has completed, a similar training offered by a local government ethics agency. The bill would also exempt from these requirements a candidate who indicates on their statement of intention that they do not intend to qualify as a committee that receives campaign contributions in excess of $2,000, as specified.

By prohibiting a committee’s receipt of contributions if specified conditions are not satisfied, as set forth above, the bill would create a new crime and thereby establish a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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 2/3 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.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 2/3 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 85201.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

85201.5.

 (a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2029, except as provided in subdivision (d), a candidate for elective office, or an individual who intends to be a candidate for elective office, office with a candidate controlled committee registered pursuant to Section 84101 shall complete a training course on the requirements of this title for campaigns for the office for which they intend to be a candidate,
 identified on the registration, as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) (A) If an individual files a statement of intention to be a candidate
 the candidate controlled committee registers pursuant to Section 84101 before January 1, 2029, and the individual is a candidate or still intends to be a candidate as of in an election occurring after January 1, 2029, the individual candidate shall complete the training course by or before February 28, 2029.