--- type: "Bill" title: "Personal information: privacy: breach." description: "Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in California and any agency, as defined, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose a breach of the security of the system in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, as specified. Existing law requires a person, business, or agency that is required to issue a security breach notification to meet specific requirements, including that the notification be written in plain language." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 570" citation: "California SB 570 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Personal information: privacy: breach."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-02-26" last_action: "2015-10-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c80f199f-57a3-4083-8d3b-3a573d41f475" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570" source_hash: "36440546155c2f7f2a47439e98acd3f21c0a1651d3d0ef48148f2e85e1e18041" 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 570 (20152016) — Personal information: privacy: breach. Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in California and any agency, as defined, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose a breach of the security of the system in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, as specified. Existing law requires a person, business, or agency that is required to issue a security breach notification to meet specific requirements, including that the notification be written in plain language. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57099INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57098AMD) 3. **05/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57097AMD) 4. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57096AMD) 5. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57095AMD) 6. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57093CHP) 7. **SB570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570) 8. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57094ENR) ## Votes - SB 570 Jackson Senate Third Reading By CHAU — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB570 Jackson Concurrence — **38–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **27–11** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jackson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29. - **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 28. - **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 819.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11. - **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-21** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-21** Ordered to second reading. - **2015-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1119.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2841.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2501.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c80f199f-57a3-4083-8d3b-3a573d41f475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).