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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reports submitted to legislative committees."
+description: "Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "SB 259"
+citation: "California SB 259 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Reports submitted to legislative committees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2023-09-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c2918a-5fdb-4e90-8143-49dc1a1f02b5"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259"
+source_hash: "540e33eb0d2847f4e2de00696a9d3454a49a81b747fd5dc16b8ad2e8d2839592"
+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 SB 259 (20232024) — Reports submitted to legislative committees.
+
+Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/30/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25999INT)
+2. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25998AMD)
+3. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25996CHP)
+4. **SB259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259)
+5. **08/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25997ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Special Consent SB259 Seyarto et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar SB259 Seyarto et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 259 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Seyarto — primary (person)
+- Alanis — principal coauthor (person)
+- Chen — coauthor (person)
+- Mathis — coauthor (person)
+- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
+- Niello — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Set for hearing March 14.
+- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 339.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
+- **2023-04-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 700.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2541.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2023-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2023-08-17** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, 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/29c2918a-5fdb-4e90-8143-49dc1a1f02b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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