(1) Existing law prohibits a person, business, or association from publicly posting or publicly displaying on the Internet the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official if that official has made a written demand of that person, business, or association to not disclose his or her home address or telephone number. Upon receiving a written demand, a person, business, or association is prohibited from transferring the official's information to any other person, business, or association. Existing law also prohibits soliciting, selling, or trading on the Internet the home address or telephone number of an elected or appointed official with the intent to cause bodily harm to the official or to any person residing at the official's home address. Existing law provides various remedies for violation of these provisions.
California AB 32 (20092010) — Public officials: personal information.
(1) Existing law prohibits a person, business, or association from publicly posting or publicly displaying on the Internet the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official if that official has made a written demand of that person, business, or association to not disclose his or her home address or telephone number. Upon receiving a written demand, a person, business, or association is prohibited from transferring the official's information to any other person, business, or association. Existing law also prohibits soliciting, selling, or trading on the Internet the home address or telephone number of an elected or appointed official with the intent to cause bodily harm to the official or to any person residing at the official's home address. Existing law provides various remedies for violation of these provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · lower
AB 32 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Special Consent #13 AB32 Lieu — pass (pass) · upper
AB 32 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lieu — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2008-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2008-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
2009-02-05 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2009-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on RULES by unanimous consent. referral-committee
2009-04-16 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). referral-committee, committee-passage
2009-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. by unanimous consent. referral-committee
2009-04-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-21 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1627.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-07-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2009-07-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-07-09 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-07-16 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1766.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-07-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2009-08-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2600.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-08-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2009-09-08 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 403, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6f172fb-1788-4126-949b-b9322fa22573. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).