republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-646.md

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Bill	State Archives: museum activities.	Existing law requires the Secretary of State to administer the State Archives Building Complex for the use, education, and enjoyment of the public and to advance civic education and civic engagement by all Californians. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to enter into an agreement to operate a museum in the State Archives Building Complex with the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, or its successor. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, the Director of Parks and Recreation, and the State Archivist to act as honorary nonvoting members of the governing board of the corporation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 646	California AB 646 (20152016)	bill	State Archives: museum activities.	enacted	McCarty	6	28	6	2015-02-24	2015-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/45102448-c47f-4c04-a4d0-62a3847162a3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB646	28e72ca5b5676f05ad1f408c989a54f42bbafcaa94ddc94477088f97adc971e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 646 (20152016) — State Archives: museum activities.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to administer the State Archives Building Complex for the use, education, and enjoyment of the public and to advance civic education and civic engagement by all Californians. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to enter into an agreement to operate a museum in the State Archives Building Complex with the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, or its successor. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, the Director of Parks and Recreation, and the State Archivist to act as honorary nonvoting members of the governing board of the corporation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB646 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 646 MCCARTY Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 646 MCCARTY Concurrence - Urgency Added — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1347.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2015-07-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-07-13 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2118.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 Ordered to the unfinished business file.
• 2015-08-31 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2668.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 301, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45102448-c47f-4c04-a4d0-62a3847162a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).