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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State archives."
+description: "Existing law, the State Records Management Act, requires the Secretary of State to establish and administer a records management program. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to notify the secretary when records are digitized by a third-party vendor. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to appoint a representative from the agency to serve as the Records Management Coordinator who is charged with specified duties, including, among other things, coordinating the agency's records management program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 1759"
+citation: "California AB 1759 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State archives"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-03-08"
+last_action: "2023-09-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/601ee0b9-f6cf-406e-9507-974ac4b8b771"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1759"
+source_hash: "6b65b82af45927e9d287c867c5f2c4b0811847e632df33da27631f1e1aa12d1d"
+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 1759 (20232024) — State archives.
+
+Existing law, the State Records Management Act, requires the Secretary of State to establish and administer a records management program. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to notify the secretary when records are digitized by a third-party vendor. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to appoint a representative from the agency to serve as the Records Management Coordinator who is charged with specified duties, including, among other things, coordinating the agency's records management program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **03/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1759&version=20230AB175999INT)
+2. **04/25/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1759&version=20230AB175998AMD)
+3. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1759&version=20230AB175996CHP)
+4. **AB1759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1759)
+5. **08/21/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1759&version=20230AB175997ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1759 Accountability and Administrative Review Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1759 A. & A.R. (Petrie-Norris) By Dodd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1813.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2140.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-08-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2023-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
+- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 145, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/601ee0b9-f6cf-406e-9507-974ac4b8b771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+