Existing law requires a business to take all reasonable steps to destroy, or arrange for the destruction of, a customer's records within its custody or control containing personal information that is no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable through any means. Existing law provides for specified civil remedies for a violation of these provisions.
California AB 1094 (20092010) — Disposal of personal information.
Existing law requires a business to take all reasonable steps to destroy, or arrange for the destruction of, a customer's records within its custody or control containing personal information that is no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable through any means. Existing law provides for specified civil remedies for a violation of these provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1094 CONWAY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
AB 1094 CONWAY Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
Special Consent #12 AB1094 Conway — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Conway — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2009-03-31 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2009-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2009-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2009-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-04-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-26 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1659.). reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1723.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-06-30 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1668.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2009-07-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2472.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5d4e3d7-ddbe-41ca-8ad3-0fa5ec82b025. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).