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Bill would modernize campaign- and lobby-reporting law to align with a new electronic filing system (CARS)

5403850 · July 15, 2025
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Summary

AB 808 updates the Political Reform Act and related filing rules to support the Secretary of State and FPPC transition from a 25-year-old CalAccess system to a new California Automated Reporting System (CARS). The bill removes form-based and paper-based language, clarifies where filings will be submitted, and standardizes verification of certain

Assemblymember Addis presented AB 808 to modernize campaign finance and lobbying reporting statutes so they align with the Secretary of State—s planned California Automated Reporting System (CARS) replacement for Cal Access. The sponsors (the Secretary of State and the Fair Political Practices Commission) described the bill as a largely technical…

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