The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection and, upon request of any person, to provide a copy of any public record unless the record is exempt from disclosure. The act provides that all registration and circulation records of any library which is in whole or in part supported by public funds are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except as provided.
California SB 445 (20112012) — California Public Records Act: library records.
The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection and, upon request of any person, to provide a copy of any public record unless the record is exempt from disclosure. The act provides that all registration and circulation records of any library which is in whole or in part supported by public funds are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except as provided.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 445 Simitian Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — 74–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Simitian — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-03-11 Set for hearing March 22.
2011-03-14 Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-03-18 Set for hearing March 29.
2011-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 494.) (March 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 519.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-05-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2011-06-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 2190.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-05 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2011-07-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2011-07-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 80, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1d68e4e-3ef4-41d6-9126-66b0b8e03e5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).