Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in California that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose, as specified, a breach of the security of the system or data following discovery or notification of the security breach to any California resident whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person. Existing law also requires a person or business that maintains computerized data that includes personal information that the person or business does not own to notify the owner or licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the data immediately following discovery, as specified. Existing law requires a person or business required to issue a security breach notification pursuant to these provisions to meet various requirements, including that the security breach notification provide specified information.
California AB 1710 (20132014) — Personal information: privacy.
Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in California that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose, as specified, a breach of the security of the system or data following discovery or notification of the security breach to any California resident whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person. Existing law also requires a person or business that maintains computerized data that includes personal information that the person or business does not own to notify the owner or licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the data immediately following discovery, as specified. Existing law requires a person or business required to issue a security breach notification pursuant to these provisions to meet various requirements, including that the security breach notification provide specified information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2014-03-28 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & F. referral-committee
2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2014-04-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2014-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 25. Page 5201.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2014-06-05 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4715.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-22 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2014-08-22 Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on B. & F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2014-08-22 Ordered to the unfinished business file.
2014-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 6392.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 855, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99441c22-9468-4a7b-a995-e2773be99e1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).