Existing law requires the Department of Justice to collect certain criminal justice data from specified persons and agencies, and to present an annual report to the Governor containing the criminal statistics of the preceding calendar year, in addition to other reports, as specified. Existing law requires the department to prepare and distribute to all those persons and agencies cards, forms, or electronic means used in reporting data to the department.
California AB 2524 (20152016) — OpenJustice Data Act of 2016.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to collect certain criminal justice data from specified persons and agencies, and to present an annual report to the Governor containing the criminal statistics of the preceding calendar year, in addition to other reports, as specified. Existing law requires the department to prepare and distribute to all those persons and agencies cards, forms, or electronic means used in reporting data to the department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5197.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5342.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6455.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2016-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 418, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5791ac2a-7c09-4d3e-800c-bb3a0200fa59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).