---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records: disclosure."
description: "The California Public Records Act requires a public agency, defined to mean a state or local agency, to make its public records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee, unless the public records are exempt from disclosure. The act makes specified records exempt from disclosure and provides that disclosure by a state or local agency of a public record that is otherwise exempt constitutes a waiver of the exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "California SB 1244 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5949802-a0ef-4187-b6dd-2f5ace1a7c7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244"
source_hash: "e9612b948907485f470462427534464d4984789a25c97555812bc9e3ca130cee"
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 1244 (20172018) — Public records: disclosure.

The California Public Records Act requires a public agency, defined to mean a state or local agency, to make its public records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee, unless the public records are exempt from disclosure. The act makes specified records exempt from disclosure and provides that disclosure by a state or local agency of a public record that is otherwise exempt constitutes a waiver of the exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124499INT)
2. **03/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124498AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124497AMD)
4. **05/15/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124496AMD)
5. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124495AMD)
6. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124493CHP)
7. **SB1244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244)
8. **08/15/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1244&version=20170SB124494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1244 Wieckowski Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1244 Wieckowski Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2018-04-18** May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-19** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2018-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4997.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4331.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6217.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5263.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 463, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5949802-a0ef-4187-b6dd-2f5ace1a7c7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).