Under the California Public Records Act, except for exempt records, every state or local agency, upon request, is required to make records available to any person upon payment of fees to cover costs. The act requires public records in the custody or control of the Governor when he or she leaves office to be transferred to the State Archives as soon as practicable. The act authorizes the Governor to restrict, in writing, public access to any of the transferred public records, or any other writings he or she may transfer, which have not already been made accessible to the public, except as specified.
Under the California Public Records Act, except for exempt records, every state or local agency, upon request, is required to make records available to any person upon payment of fees to cover costs. The act requires public records in the custody or control of the Governor when he or she leaves office to be transferred to the State Archives as soon as practicable. The act authorizes the Governor to restrict, in writing, public access to any of the transferred public records, or any other writings he or she may transfer, which have not already been made accessible to the public, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #12 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1009 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Liu — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2014-03-06 Set for hearing March 25.
2014-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2977.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
2014-04-07 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2014-04-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3242.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-04-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-05-15 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2014-05-29 Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5915.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-07 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2014-08-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2014-08-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-08-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 220, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c821e1f9-130f-4899-9a51-697f6ed555c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).