---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "(1) Existing law regulates the submission and review of fingerprint images and criminal history information by state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 179"
citation: "California AB 179 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bff4df8-a859-4658-9f45-93e85537a492"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179"
source_hash: "5c099faa34950b78a54f42c159fe0d94c709c70d7e0f57cb7e93a5b8ce10a4a7"
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 179 (20232024) — State government.

(1) Existing law regulates the submission and review of fingerprint images and criminal history information by state agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179&version=20230AB17999INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179&version=20230AB17998AMD)
3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179&version=20230AB17997AMD)
4. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179&version=20230AB17995CHP)
5. **AB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179)
6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB179&version=20230AB17996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 179 Budget Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **59–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 179 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB179 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **14–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-08-15** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5070.)
- **2024-08-22** Senate rules suspended.
- **2024-08-22** (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5300.)
- **2024-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 14.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 997, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bff4df8-a859-4658-9f45-93e85537a492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).