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type: "Bill"
title: "Personal information: privacy: breach."
description: "Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in California and any agency, as defined, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose a breach of the security of the system in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, as specified. Existing law requires a person, business, or agency that is required to issue a security breach notification to meet specific requirements, including that the notification be written in plain language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "California SB 570 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal information: privacy: breach."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c80f199f-57a3-4083-8d3b-3a573d41f475"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570"
source_hash: "36440546155c2f7f2a47439e98acd3f21c0a1651d3d0ef48148f2e85e1e18041"
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 SB 570 (20152016) — Personal information: privacy: breach.
Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in California and any agency, as defined, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose a breach of the security of the system in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, as specified. Existing law requires a person, business, or agency that is required to issue a security breach notification to meet specific requirements, including that the notification be written in plain language.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57099INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57098AMD)
3. **05/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57097AMD)
4. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57096AMD)
5. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57095AMD)
6. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57093CHP)
7. **SB570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570)
8. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB570&version=20150SB57094ENR)
## Votes
- SB 570 Jackson Senate Third Reading By CHAU — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB570 Jackson Concurrence — **382** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **2711** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **51** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 819.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1119.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2841.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2501.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c80f199f-57a3-4083-8d3b-3a573d41f475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).