Assembly committee hears AB 1984, a bid to bar corporate treasuries from California elections Assemblymember Rogers presented AB 1984 to the California State Assembly Banking and Finance Committee, proposing to strip corporations and other "artificial persons" of the power to spend corporate treasuries in California elections; proponents said it would curb anonymous "dark money," while business groups called the measure unconstitutional. The committee took no final vote on AB 1984 and passed one unrelated consent-item to appropriations.

California is poised to challenge corporate influence in elections with AB 1984, a bold move to strip "artificial persons" of their political spending power.

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