republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2072.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open meetings: closed sessions: security."
description: "Open meetings: closed sessions: security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2072"
citation: "California AB 2072 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open meetings: closed sessions: security."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mountjoy"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/decee1b6-e0a5-4324-a717-b890067867dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072"
source_hash: "a06591ac93e7fda63a64778274ababb5bbd903413789006a60872b6bc1471c5b"
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 2072 (20012002) — Open meetings: closed sessions: security.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207299INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207298AMD)
3. **05/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207297AMD)
4. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207296AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207295AMD)
6. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207294AMD)
7. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207293AMD)
8. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207291CHP)
9. **AB2072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072)
10. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2072&version=20010AB207292ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent Cal AB2072 Mountjoy By Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2072 Mountjoy Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2072 Mountjoy Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mountjoy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1113, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 8362.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5824.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 6221.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 1.) (May 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/decee1b6-e0a5-4324-a717-b890067867dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).