---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ralph M. Brown Act: closed sessions."
description: "Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, generally requires that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Existing law authorizes a legislative body to hold a closed session with specified individuals on, among other things, matters posing a threat to the security of essential public services, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2715"
citation: "California AB 2715 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ralph M Brown Act", "closed sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db55c366-50aa-446b-92b0-16a83d1c858f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2715"
source_hash: "832839de99daaa70d7fde0510f97cad4b1cdbb9b8a5197ab2bc54737270a76ea"
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 2715 (20232024) — Ralph M. Brown Act: closed sessions.

Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, generally requires that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Existing law authorizes a legislative body to hold a closed session with specified individuals on, among other things, matters posing a threat to the security of essential public services, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2715&version=20230AB271599INT)
2. **04/24/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2715&version=20230AB271598AMD)
3. **09/14/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2715&version=20230AB271596CHP)
4. **AB2715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2715)
5. **08/22/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2715&version=20230AB271597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2715 Boerner Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2715 Boerner By Wahab — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boerner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5203.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2024-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, 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/db55c366-50aa-446b-92b0-16a83d1c858f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).