republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2623.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State information security costs: annual report."
description: "Existing law requires each state agency and certain designated state entities to annually report to the Department of Technology a summary of its actual and projected information technology and telecommunications costs, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2623"
citation: "California AB 2623 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State information security costs: annual report."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e33462e-2e47-4e25-851c-d49161fb1b69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623"
source_hash: "6159cbb2949dd28b210fe37546c7dd16a394e153b540e68255f9470d9cd8830e"
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 AB 2623 (20152016) — State information security costs: annual report.

Existing law requires each state agency and certain designated state entities to annually report to the Department of Technology a summary of its actual and projected information technology and telecommunications costs, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623&version=20150AB262399INT)
2. **03/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623&version=20150AB262398AMD)
3. **04/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623&version=20150AB262397AMD)
4. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623&version=20150AB262396AMD)
5. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623&version=20150AB262394CHP)
6. **AB2623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623)
7. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2623&version=20150AB262395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2623 Gordon By Galgiani — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2623 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2623 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)
- Irwin — author (person)

## Timeline

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`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 5040.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5122.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6198.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 389, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e33462e-2e47-4e25-851c-d49161fb1b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).