Existing law requires any agency, and any person or business conducting business in California, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose in specified ways, any breach of the security of the system or data, as defined, 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 defines "personal information" for these purposes, to include an individual's first name and last name, or first initial and last name, in combination with one or more designated data elements relating to, among other things, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial accounts, and medical information.
California SB 46 (20132014) — Personal information: privacy.
Existing law requires any agency, and any person or business conducting business in California, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose in specified ways, any breach of the security of the system or data, as defined, 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 defines "personal information" for these purposes, to include an individual's first name and last name, or first initial and last name, in combination with one or more designated data elements relating to, among other things, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial accounts, and medical information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
SB 46 Corbett Senate Third Reading By GARCIA — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB46 Corbett Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Corbett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-14 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-12-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 17.
2013-01-07 Read first time. reading-1
2013-01-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 16.
2013-04-10 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-04-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-16 Set for hearing April 23.
2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 662.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2013-05-06 Hearing postponed by committee.
2013-05-07 Set for hearing May 13.
2013-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 936.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 944.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-08 From consent calendar.
2013-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2013-08-30 Read third time and amended. (Page 2793.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2831.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2133.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2013-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 396, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/733fb0be-6144-40f0-9cac-bcb9ea10b66e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).