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Bill	The California Public Records Act: local agencies: inventory.	Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. The act declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 272	California SB 272 (20152016)	bill	The California Public Records Act: local agencies: inventory.	enacted	Hertzberg	9	31	9	2015-02-19	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8981634b-8a68-4757-9e09-6c32384a09af	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB272	b900461b90ec4b682c8385a699d490a5ab51a519a360945b0a1fc86d587e83e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 272 (20152016) — The California Public Records Act: local agencies: inventory.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. The act declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB272 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB272 Hertzberg Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 272 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By MAIENSCHEIN — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)
• Maienschein — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 618.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-16 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 728.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 884.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 931.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-18 June 23 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2923.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2564.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 795, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8981634b-8a68-4757-9e09-6c32384a09af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).