(1) Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants, commencing on January 1, 2020, a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business, including the right to request a business to delete any personal information about the consumer collected by the business, and requires the business to comply with a verifiable consumer request to that effect, unless it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the customer's personal information in order to carry out specified acts. The act requires a business that collects personal information about a consumer to disclose the consumer's right to delete personal information described above on its Internet Web site or in its online privacy policy or policies.
California SB 1121 (20172018) — California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
(1) Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants, commencing on January 1, 2020, a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business, including the right to request a business to delete any personal information about the consumer collected by the business, and requires the business to comply with a verifiable consumer request to that effect, unless it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the customer's personal information in order to carry out specified acts. The act requires a business that collects personal information about a consumer to disclose the consumer's right to delete personal information described above on its Internet Web site or in its online privacy policy or policies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2018-02-22 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-10 Set for hearing May 1.
2018-04-10 May 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-11 Set for hearing April 24.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4814.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-14 May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4304.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 4395.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-11 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2018-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-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. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 6564.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-24 Re-referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2018-08-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-29 August 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2018-08-31 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2018-08-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 31). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2018-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2018-08-31 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6189.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-31 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 6200.) committee-passage
2018-08-31 Urgency clause adopted.
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6194.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2018-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7da7ca6-0541-455e-8497-a7aabe325233. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).