---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reports submitted to legislative committees."
description: "Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "California SB 259 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reports submitted to legislative committees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c2918a-5fdb-4e90-8143-49dc1a1f02b5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259"
source_hash: "540e33eb0d2847f4e2de00696a9d3454a49a81b747fd5dc16b8ad2e8d2839592"
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 259 (20232024) — Reports submitted to legislative committees.

Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25999INT)
2. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25998AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25996CHP)
4. **SB259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259)
5. **08/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB259&version=20230SB25997ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent SB259 Seyarto et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB259 Seyarto et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 259 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Seyarto — primary (person)
- Alanis — principal coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Set for hearing March 14.
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 339.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 700.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2541.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-08-17** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29c2918a-5fdb-4e90-8143-49dc1a1f02b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).