republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-751.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meetings: publication of action taken."
description: "The Ralph M. Brown Act requires all meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, as defined, to be open and public and prohibits the legislative body from taking action by secret ballot, whether preliminary or final."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 751"
citation: "California SB 751 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Meetings: publication of action taken."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/042e751b-27a1-4ab6-bc52-b587953699d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751"
source_hash: "207a90e9f43d925bf52e49674a12b4ee386f7394f01b5b188b71c98bda98deb8"
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 SB 751 (20132014) — Meetings: publication of action taken.

The Ralph M. Brown Act requires all meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, as defined, to be open and public and prohibits the legislative body from taking action by secret ballot, whether preliminary or final.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751&version=20130SB75199INT)
2. **04/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751&version=20130SB75198AMD)
3. **05/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751&version=20130SB75197AMD)
4. **06/17/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751&version=20130SB75196AMD)
5. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751&version=20130SB75194CHP)
6. **SB751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751)
7. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB751&version=20130SB75195ENR)

## Votes

- SB 751 Yee Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB751 Yee Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #6 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 752.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1118.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). 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** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2484.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1970.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 257, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/042e751b-27a1-4ab6-bc52-b587953699d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).