---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: compensation disclosure."
description: "Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide the time and place for holding regular meetings and requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 23"
citation: "California AB 23 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: compensation disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be751eca-ab71-4645-a944-b8ded8b406ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23"
source_hash: "02ff6214c10638aafba12346dfcf8ddd252d939f4d80d20817fd02f9e24fa3c2"
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 23 (20112012) — Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: compensation disclosure.

Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide the time and place for holding regular meetings and requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23&version=20110AB2399INT)
2. **04/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23&version=20110AB2398AMD)
3. **06/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23&version=20110AB2397AMD)
4. **06/09/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23&version=20110AB2396AMD)
5. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23&version=20110AB2394CHP)
6. **AB23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23)
7. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23&version=20110AB2395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #5 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 23 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 23 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
- **2011-01-24** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1240.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2181.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be751eca-ab71-4645-a944-b8ded8b406ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).