---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality: news sources; unpublished information."
description: "Confidentiality: news sources; unpublished information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1860"
citation: "California AB 1860 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidentiality: news sources; unpublished information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-10"
last_action: "2000-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9122e21a-179b-4159-86ed-a26b590e1fae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860"
source_hash: "f936ade2979abe3b0da19a8b9866e34b80ec1395637b0f06129f7cd8ae698836"
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# California AB 1860 (19992000) — Confidentiality: news sources; unpublished information.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/10/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186099INT)
2. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186098AMD)
3. **05/08/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186097AMD)
4. **05/22/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186096AMD)
5. **06/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186095AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186094AMD)
7. **09/11/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186092CHP)
8. **AB1860** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860)
9. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1860&version=19990AB186093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1860 Migden — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1860 MIGDEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — principal coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — principal coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 377, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8086.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6572.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-11** Joint Rule 61 (b)(6) suspended.
- **2000-05-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to C.P.,G.E. & E.D. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2000-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9122e21a-179b-4159-86ed-a26b590e1fae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).