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Bill	Open meetings: public comments: translation.	The Ralph M. Brown Act requires a local legislative body to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the body concerning any item described in a notice of meeting. The act authorizes the legislative body to adopt reasonable regulations limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony for each individual speaker.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1787	California AB 1787 (20152016)	bill	Open meetings: public comments: translation.	enacted	Gomez	6	27	8	2016-02-04	2016-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/b6a26408-1827-40b5-980c-4cfa34d69468	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1787	450ec75153454c7bdaa4534db1a326182cab21dada0ab6bb31d40131aa6b859b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1787 (20152016) — Open meetings: public comments: translation.

The Ralph M. Brown Act requires a local legislative body to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the body concerning any item described in a notice of meeting. The act authorizes the legislative body to adopt reasonable regulations limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony for each individual speaker.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/23/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1787 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1787 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1787 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1787 Gomez By Nguyen — 32–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4263.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2016-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-06-21 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 4973.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-18 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-25 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . committee-passage
• 2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 9. Page 6422.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 507, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6a26408-1827-40b5-980c-4cfa34d69468. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).