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Bill	State Web accessibility: standard and reports.	Existing law establishes, within the Government Operations Agency, the Department of Technology under the supervision of the Director of Technology, who also serves as the State Chief Information Officer. Existing law provides that the department is generally responsible for the approval and oversight of information technology projects. Existing law requires the heads of state agencies and entities to appoint chief information officers, requires state agencies and entities to report certain information to the department, and further requires state agencies to take all necessary steps to achieve the targets set forth by the department in its information technology performance management framework and report their progress to the department on a quarterly basis.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 434	California AB 434 (20172018)	bill	State Web accessibility: standard and reports.	enacted	Baker	8	29	5	2017-02-13	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5299f56f-3011-4c70-8a41-76f254a717e1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB434	b930fd40d0a706bd7a6c39c39d6aa6229f8da7a5b212097a1452279265d84545	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 434 (20172018) — State Web accessibility: standard and reports.

Existing law establishes, within the Government Operations Agency, the Department of Technology under the supervision of the Director of Technology, who also serves as the State Chief Information Officer. Existing law provides that the department is generally responsible for the approval and oversight of information technology projects. Existing law requires the heads of state agencies and entities to appoint chief information officers, requires state agencies and entities to report certain information to the department, and further requires state agencies to take all necessary steps to achieve the targets set forth by the department in its information technology performance management framework and report their progress to the department on a quarterly basis.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/21/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB434 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB434 Baker et al. By Hertzberg — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 434 BAKER Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 434 Baker Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2017-03-20 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1818.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2017-07-03 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
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-08-21 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
• 2017-08-28 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2781.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3315.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 780, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5299f56f-3011-4c70-8a41-76f254a717e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).