AB 1648: Disclose Act for clean and fair elections

In 2010, corporations, including Big Oil and Big Coal, spent more than $300 million flooding our airwaves with television and radio hit pieces attacking candidates, often without disclosing who funded those ads. AB 1648 (Brownley) would have required the largest major funders of political advertisements to be clearly and unambiguously identified directly on all mediums of advertisements, including television, radio, print, and mass mailer ads for candidates and ballot measures in California. It would have also required campaign committees to maintain a website where the largest major funders would be listed so voters can easily access such important information.