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Bill	Department of Technology.	Existing law establishes the Department of Technology, within the Government Operations Agency, headed by the Director of Technology, who is also known as the State Chief Information Officer. The department is responsible for the approval and oversight of information technology projects by, among other things, consulting with agencies during initial project planning to ensure that project proposals are based on well-defined programmatic needs and consider feasible alternatives to address the identified needs and benefits consistent with statewide strategies, policies, and procedures.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2523	California AB 2523 (20132014)	bill	Department of Technology.	enacted	Cooley	8	28	7	2014-02-21	2014-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/8e5c32d2-03b0-41bb-ae40-10bcb3202ab5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2523	221924e913c805f4e9e3199677073abfffe530575c557a679cb80185437c33eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2523 (20132014) — Department of Technology.

Existing law establishes the Department of Technology, within the Government Operations Agency, headed by the Director of Technology, who is also known as the State Chief Information Officer. The department is responsible for the approval and oversight of information technology projects by, among other things, consulting with agencies during initial project planning to ensure that project proposals are based on well-defined programmatic needs and consider feasible alternatives to address the identified needs and benefits consistent with statewide strategies, policies, and procedures.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/23/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/04/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2523 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/26/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2523 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2523 COOLEY Concurrence - Urgency Added — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2523 Cooley By Hill Urgency Clause — 29–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cooley — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-13 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2014-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-21 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5281.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-11 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2014-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-23 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2014-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-04 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 4723.). 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 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)
• 2014-08-22 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6364.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 391, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e5c32d2-03b0-41bb-ae40-10bcb3202ab5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).