---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records: confidentiality."
description: "Public records: confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 797"
citation: "California AB 797 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19cddfb-f754-4695-b8ff-1ccf8c010a59"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797"
source_hash: "b40917a0e3bc3152db7c1583aef52031132f1b7ad512166160eb1f3a8508f14b"
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 797 (20012002) — Public records: confidentiality.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79799INT)
2. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79798AMD)
3. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79797AMD)
4. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79796AMD)
5. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79795AMD)
6. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79794AMD)
7. **09/06/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79792CHP)
8. **AB797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797&version=20010AB79793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 797 Shelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB797 Shelley By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 797 Shelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — principal coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 8474.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5632.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-24** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-19** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/f19cddfb-f754-4695-b8ff-1ccf8c010a59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).