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type: "Bill"
title: "Local agencies: open meetings: teleconferences."
description: "(1) The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend. The act authorizes a legislative body to use teleconferencing, subject to specified requirements, including that each teleconference location be accessible to the public and that at least a quorum of the members of the body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "California SB 475 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agencies: open meetings: teleconferences."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2012-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39af2d34-ad3b-4bae-aa0f-c012807df37f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475"
source_hash: "b7c47ee5998c0ff54ca1777cf619bc82dc46018d1eb52cb1086b04bc6c85a145"
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 SB 475 (20112012) — Local agencies: open meetings: teleconferences.
(1) The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend. The act authorizes a legislative body to use teleconferencing, subject to specified requirements, including that each teleconference location be accessible to the public and that at least a quorum of the members of the body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47599INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47598AMD)
3. **04/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47597AMD)
4. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47596AMD)
5. **05/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47593AMD)
6. **06/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47595AMD)
7. **06/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47592AMD)
8. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47594AMD)
9. **08/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47590CHP)
10. **SB475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475)
11. **08/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB475&version=20110SB47591ENR)
## Votes
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 475 Wright Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **3–2** (fail) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB475 Wright Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wright — primary (person)
- Emmerson — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-04** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 762.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 4. Page 899.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** Set, second hearing. Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. `committee-failure`
- **2012-05-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5524.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-07-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4306.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-07-19** Set for hearing August 8.
- **2012-08-08** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4455.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4466.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2012-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39af2d34-ad3b-4bae-aa0f-c012807df37f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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