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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings."
+description: "Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to, among other things, authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law makes certain information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session confidential, and authorizes a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to disclose certain information obtained in a closed session to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of that local agency in a closed session, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 1852"
+citation: "California AB 1852 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Clean Power Alliance of Southern California", "Joint powers agencies", "meetings"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d8b2c6-7900-4bf5-99e2-7f1ab5326ae4"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852"
+source_hash: "40c8a65ca1f6efc457445edc7a7dd1b2ae5c095941523439253a57850e01ab46"
+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 1852 (20232024) — Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings.
+
+Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to, among other things, authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law makes certain information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session confidential, and authorizes a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to disclose certain information obtained in a closed session to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of that local agency in a closed session, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/17/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852&version=20230AB185299INT)
+2. **06/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852&version=20230AB185297CHP)
+3. **AB1852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852)
+4. **06/11/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852&version=20230AB185298ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1852 Pacheco et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1852 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pacheco — primary (person)
+- Portantino — principal coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
+- **2024-01-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4395.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2024-06-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68d8b2c6-7900-4bf5-99e2-7f1ab5326ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+