Easier Access to Office Holders’ Financial Statements

Assembly Bill 322

September 9, 2009

Assembly Bill 322 aims to make records showing the financial holdings of state lawmakers and other public officials more accessible to the public. The bill does it in two ways. First, it clears the way for all of the statements of economic interest filed by state officials to be posted on the Internet. And it gets rid of a requirement in current state law that officials be notified of the name and address of any citizen who wishes to examine the records.

AB 322 was introduced and referred to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics on June 16, 2009. The committee held a public hearing on June 30.

AB 322 was amended twice and passed out of committee with a 6-4 vote on September 9, 2009.