Statements & Deadlines
Click Statement Name below for the disclosure periods, required forms, and other information.
Period Covered: The period covered by any statement begins on the day after the closing date of the last statement filed, or January 1 if no previous statement has been filed.
24 Hour Reports | Deadline: Within 24 Hours of Activity
- Disclosure Period: 8/7/24 – 11/5/24
- Required Form(s): 496 or 497
- Late Independent Expenditure Report (Form 496): File if an independent expenditure of $1,000 or more in the aggregate is made.
- Late Contribution Report (Form 497): File if a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in aggregate is received from a single source or made to a candidate or primarily formed committee.
Independent Expenditure Verification | Deadline: Within 10 Days
- Disclosure Period: Ongoing
- Required Form: 462
- This form must be submitted within 10 days of an independent expenditure totaling $1,000 or more in aggregate in a calendar year.
- Committees making independent expenditures must file this form with the FPPC via email.
- Committees file only one Form 462 per election for each candidate or measure supported or opposed by and independent expenditure.
Mid-Year Semi-Annual | Deadline: July 31, 2024
- Disclosure Period: * – 6/30/24
- Required Form: 461
- All committees must file this statement.
Year-End Semi-Annual | Deadline: January 31, 2025
- Disclosure Period: 10/31/24 – 12/31/24
- Required Form: 461
- All committees must file this statement unless termination Forms 410 and 460 are filed before the close of the relevant period.
Additional Notes:
- Deadline Extensions: Deadlines are extended when they fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or an official state holiday.
- This extension does not apply to a Form 497 that is due the weekend before the election.
- This extension never applies to any Form 496.
- Form 511 – Paid Spokesperson Report:
- File within 10 days of making either of the following expenditures related to an advertisement to support or oppose a ballot measure:
- a payment totaling $5,000 or more to an individual to appear in an advertisement; or
- a payment of any amount to an individual portraying a member of a licensed occupation (e.g., nurse, doctor, firefighter).
- File within 10 days of making either of the following expenditures related to an advertisement to support or oppose a ballot measure:
- Method of Delivery: All Committees identified in CGCC 1.112(b) must electronically e-file campaign statements using the method identified on the webpage titled Complete List of Campaign & Public Financing Forms.
- Late Filing Fines: Late filed statements required to be e-filed will be assessed a $25 per day late fine, until the statement is e-filed. Late filed statements required to be filed on paper will be assessed a $10 per day late fine, until the statement is filed.
- Public Documents: All forms are public documents.
- Advertisement Disclaimers: Many advertisements require disclaimers. Please review disclaimer charts for specific disclaimer requirements.
- Committee Status:
- A city committee may make contributions or independent expenditures in connection with other elections.
- Generally, a city committee is one that spends more than 70% of its funds in connection with elections in one city.
- See FPPC Regulation 18227.5 to determine whether your committee is a city, county or state committee.