---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal information: privacy."
description: "The Information Practices Act of 1977 requires a agency, among other things, to maintain in its records only personal information, as defined, that is relevant and necessary for a required or authorized purpose. Existing law requires a department or agency to enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy in adherence with that act that includes, but is not limited to, specified principles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 928"
citation: "California AB 928 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal information: privacy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ebca0b-8415-4809-b8b1-031e06e325f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928"
source_hash: "fc02d53f170cdbd0dc2a204b6ac6b6ca650541539ed5c40e042090438c83cdf9"
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 928 (20132014) — Personal information: privacy.

The Information Practices Act of 1977 requires a agency, among other things, to maintain in its records only personal information, as defined, that is relevant and necessary for a required or authorized purpose. Existing law requires a department or agency to enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy in adherence with that act that includes, but is not limited to, specified principles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92899INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92896AMD)
3. **05/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92898AMD)
4. **06/16/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92895AMD)
5. **07/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92897AMD)
6. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92893CHP)
7. **AB928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928)
8. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB928&version=20130AB92894ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB928 Olsen By Vidak — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 928 OLSEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 928 OLSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1761.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-07-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4366.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-19** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6216.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ebca0b-8415-4809-b8b1-031e06e325f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).