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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "California Public Records Act."
+description: "The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "AB 473"
+citation: "California AB 473 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["California Public Records Act."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-02-08"
+last_action: "2021-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/321012a4-4227-4c97-bf62-88c01d8d0ec3"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473"
+source_hash: "5e7c4da6c32fc270500ed361c990940cfbab43eb17c7d30002ce5aa7b21bdf85"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 473 (20212022) — California Public Records Act.
+
+The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473&version=20210AB47399INT)
+2. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473&version=20210AB47398AMD)
+3. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473&version=20210AB47396CHP)
+4. **AB473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473)
+5. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473&version=20210AB47397ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading AB473 Chau By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 473 Chau Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 473 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chau — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
+- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1890.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1716.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-07-08** From Consent Calendar.
+- **2021-07-08** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2021-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2223.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
+- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2629.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 614, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/321012a4-4227-4c97-bf62-88c01d8d0ec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+