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Bill	State bodies: meetings: teleconference.	Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public, and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body, except as provided. Existing law does not prohibit a state body from holding an open or closed meeting by teleconference for the benefit of the public and state body. Existing law, among other things, requires a state body that elects to conduct a meeting or proceeding by teleconference to post agendas at all teleconference locations, to identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda, and to make each teleconference location accessible to the public. Existing law requires the agenda to provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the state body directly at each teleconference location, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2958	California AB 2958 (20172018)	bill	State bodies: meetings: teleconference.	enacted	Quirk	9	28	6	2018-02-16	2018-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3b0f71a7-2453-414d-9a08-e496dc1bab34	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2958	f2b0cf2f62e8b43a837d2707a4d0cb16d58c3be08c312e73a152fe30112114ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2958 (20172018) — State bodies: meetings: teleconference.

Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public, and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body, except as provided. Existing law does not prohibit a state body from holding an open or closed meeting by teleconference for the benefit of the public and state body. Existing law, among other things, requires a state body that elects to conduct a meeting or proceeding by teleconference to post agendas at all teleconference locations, to identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda, and to make each teleconference location accessible to the public. Existing law requires the agenda to provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the state body directly at each teleconference location, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/06/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2958 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2958 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2958 Quirk By Dodd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2958 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5206.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5906.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6908.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 881, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b0f71a7-2453-414d-9a08-e496dc1bab34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).