republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-797.md

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Bill	Public records: confidentiality.	Public records: confidentiality.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 797	California AB 797 (20012002)	bill	Public records: confidentiality.	enacted	Shelley	9	28	8	2001-02-22	2002-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f19cddfb-f754-4695-b8ff-1ccf8c010a59	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB797	b40917a0e3bc3152db7c1583aef52031132f1b7ad512166160eb1f3a8508f14b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 797 (20012002) — Public records: confidentiality.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/04/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/17/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB797 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/29/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 797 Shelley Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB797 Shelley By Kuehl — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 797 Shelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shelley — primary (person)
• Alquist — coauthor (person)
• Aroner — coauthor (person)
• Chan — coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
• Goldberg — coauthor (person)
• Karnette — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — principal coauthor (person)
• Liu — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Nation — coauthor (person)
• Pavley — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Salinas — coauthor (person)
• Speier — coauthor (person)
• Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
• Wiggins — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-08-31 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2002-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 8474.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-28 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage
• 2002-08-23 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2002-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2002-08-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5632.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-08-21 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-07 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2002-06-24 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2002-06-19 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2002-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-06-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2001-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-06-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-06-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-06-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-05-29 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
• 2001-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2001-04-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 2001-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2001-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f19cddfb-f754-4695-b8ff-1ccf8c010a59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).