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FPPC moves to formalize combined campaign-report schedules and backs multiple legislative changes
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the FPPC previewed a regulation to permit combined campaign reports for overlapping reporting periods and received a legislative update on several sponsored and tracked bills, including staff recommendations to support a Senate elections committee bill that includes FPPC-requested technical changes.
Senior commission counsel Jenna Reinhardt presented proposed regulation 18420.5 to permit combined campaign reports where reporting periods overlap or would otherwise force an earlier-period filing before a later-period filing is due. Reinhardt said the proposed rule would formalize a long-standing written-advice practice, require posting filing schedules on the FPPC website and delegate authority to the executive director to issue those schedules so long as combined reporting does not reduce or delay disclosure.
Commissioners praised the streamlining goal and indicated staff should return with a formal proposed text at the August meeting. No formal adoption occurred at the May session.
Legislative counsel Lindsey Nano gave a detailed update on 18 PRA-related bills, including 10 sponsored by the FPPC. Highlights included AB1736 (expanding lobbyist prohibitions) and AB2655 (security personnel licensing), both of which advanced; AB2255 (expanded disclosure for large expenditures) was amended to set a $20,000 threshold; and SB1432 (Senate Elections Committee bill) was amended to include several FPPC technical recommendations and the commission moved to support that bill during the meeting. Commissioners also discussed AB1560, a proposal to bar lobbyists convicted of public-corruption felonies from registering for 12 years, and asked staff for additional analysis about enforcement implications before deciding whether to support the measure.
The commission completed routine business, including approval of the March 2026 meeting minutes and the consent calendar (items 3–7). Votes to approve the minutes and the consent calendar passed on roll call; the commission also voted to support SB1432 after staff noted the bill incorporated FPPC-recommended changes. The meeting adjourned after executive staff reports and commissioner comments.
