--- type: "Bill" title: "Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings." description: "Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to, among other things, authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law makes certain information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session confidential, and authorizes a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to disclose certain information obtained in a closed session to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of that local agency in a closed session, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 1852" citation: "California AB 1852 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Clean Power Alliance of Southern California", "Joint powers agencies", "meetings"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"] version_count: 4 action_count: 16 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2024-01-17" last_action: "2024-06-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d8b2c6-7900-4bf5-99e2-7f1ab5326ae4" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852" source_hash: "40c8a65ca1f6efc457445edc7a7dd1b2ae5c095941523439253a57850e01ab46" 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 1852 (20232024) — Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings. Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to, among other things, authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law makes certain information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session confidential, and authorizes a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to disclose certain information obtained in a closed session to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of that local agency in a closed session, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/17/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852&version=20230AB185299INT) 2. **06/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852&version=20230AB185297CHP) 3. **AB1852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852) 4. **06/11/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852&version=20230AB185298ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd AB1852 Pacheco et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1852 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Pacheco — primary (person) - Portantino — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17. - **2024-01-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4395.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-06-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2024-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2024-06-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, 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/68d8b2c6-7900-4bf5-99e2-7f1ab5326ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).