The California Constitution provides for a right to privacy, and existing statutory law provides certain privacy protections for employment records. Existing law requires, an employer to disclose employment information relating to a current or former employee who is an applicant for a peace officer position, and who is not currently employed as a peace officer, upon request of a law enforcement agency, if certain conditions are met.
California AB 1339 (20172018) — Public employment: background investigations.
The California Constitution provides for a right to privacy, and existing statutory law provides certain privacy protections for employment records. Existing law requires, an employer to disclose employment information relating to a current or former employee who is an applicant for a peace officer position, and who is not currently employed as a peace officer, upon request of a law enforcement agency, if certain conditions are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1339 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1339 CUNNINGHAM Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cunningham — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1395.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1844.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:40 p.m.
2017-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d40295c5-79af-4cf9-b532-92bd427e7695. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).