Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to complete an application in person at a community‑based victims' assistance program to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor.
California AB 849 (20132014) — Protection of victims: address confidentiality.
Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to complete an application in person at a community‑based victims' assistance program to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 849 GARCIA Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1754.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-13 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2250.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2013-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 676, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9005d33-a22f-4408-8935-5f43fe408fff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).