republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-555.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social security numbers."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person or entity, with specified exceptions, from publicly posting or displaying an individual's social security number or doing certain other acts that might compromise the security of an individual's social security number, unless otherwise required by federal or state law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 555"
citation: "California AB 555 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Social security numbers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cfa5062-4b5a-4fd9-a91f-935622e650dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555"
source_hash: "035fb37b8096c3a9feec6fb0c55c23f48da44aec3e2d7c19b5eb81c620f3e123"
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 AB 555 (20132014) — Social security numbers.

Existing law prohibits a person or entity, with specified exceptions, from publicly posting or displaying an individual's social security number or doing certain other acts that might compromise the security of an individual's social security number, unless otherwise required by federal or state law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555&version=20130AB55599INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555&version=20130AB55598AMD)
3. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555&version=20130AB55597AMD)
4. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555&version=20130AB55596AMD)
5. **08/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555&version=20130AB55594CHP)
6. **AB555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555)
7. **06/26/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB555&version=20130AB55595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 555 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-30** 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`
- **2013-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1507.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1488.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cfa5062-4b5a-4fd9-a91f-935622e650dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).