AB-2413 • 2026

Large-format public advertisements: public expense.

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Sponsor: Ransom
Last action: 2026-05-12
Official status: In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Effective date: Not listed

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Large-format public advertisements: public expense.

AB 2413, as amended, Ransom.

What This Bill Does

AB 2413, as amended, Ransom.
Large-format public advertisements: public expense.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities.
The act defines “mass mailing” to mean over 200 substantially similar pieces of mail, and defines “mass electronic mailing” to mean sending more than 200 substantially similar pieces of electronic mail within a calendar month.

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Bill History

2026-05-12 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-11 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5005.)
2026-05-07 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2413, as amended, Ransom.
Large-format public advertisements: public expense.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities. The act defines “mass mailing” to mean over 200 substantially similar pieces of mail, and defines “mass electronic mailing” to mean sending more than 200 substantially similar pieces of electronic mail within a calendar month. The act prohibits a mass mailing from being sent at public expense if, among other things, the mailing features an elected officer affiliated with the agency that produces or sends the mailing, or includes the name, office, photograph, or other reference to the elected officer and is prepared or sent in cooperation, consultation, coordination, or concert with the elected officer.
This bill would define “large-format public advertisement” as a billboard, wrap on a bus or other public transportation vehicle,
advertisement affixed to a bus stop, and other public advertisements designated by the commission by regulation that are
larger than those designed to be individually distributed.
24 inches by 36 inches or more in size.
This bill would prohibit a large-format public advertisement from being published or displayed at public expense if, among other things, the advertisement includes the photograph of an elected officer affiliated with the agency that produces or purchases the large-format public advertisement and is prepared in cooperation, consultation, coordination, or concert with the elected officer.
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
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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.

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