The California Public Records Act requires a public agency, defined to mean a state or local agency, to make its public records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee, unless the public records are exempt from disclosure. The act makes specified records exempt from disclosure and provides that disclosure by a state or local agency of a public record that is otherwise exempt constitutes a waiver of the exemptions.
California SB 1244 (20172018) — Public records: disclosure.
The California Public Records Act requires a public agency, defined to mean a state or local agency, to make its public records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee, unless the public records are exempt from disclosure. The act makes specified records exempt from disclosure and provides that disclosure by a state or local agency of a public record that is otherwise exempt constitutes a waiver of the exemptions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1244 Wieckowski Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1244 Wieckowski Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wieckowski — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-04-06 Set for hearing May 1.
2018-04-18 May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
2018-04-19 Set for hearing May 8.
2018-04-30 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
2018-05-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4997.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4331.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6217.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5263.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 463, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5949802-a0ef-4187-b6dd-2f5ace1a7c7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).