Sign petition for SB 651, the Petition Disclosure Act!
Special interests are abusing the very process that was meant to limit their power by spending millions to qualify misleading initiatives and then millions more on deceptive ads to pass them — all while purposefully hiding who pays for them.
SB 651, the Petition DISCLOSE Act, authored by Senator Ben Allen and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign, requires initiative petitions circulated by paid signature gatherers to disclose their top 3 funders — letting voters know who's behind initiatives before they sign.
SB 651 complements AB 249, the California DISCLOSE Act, which passed last year to require ballot measure ads to clearly disclose their top 3 true funders when they ask for your vote. Together, they'll let voters know who's paying for initiatives every step of the way.
SB 651 should be coming up for its final Assembly floor vote sometime today or tomorrow. Sign below to urge your Assemblymember and Senator to vote Yes on SB 651 — and to ask leadership to make sure it gets voted on in time!
Our petition will generate a message for you to edit or confirm depending on your legislators' positions on SB 651.