republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-597.md

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Bill	Human trafficking: victim confidentiality.	Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 597	California SB 597 (20172018)	bill	Human trafficking: victim confidentiality.	enacted	Leyva	7	29	8	2017-02-17	2017-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/95a9a774-ce82-4c32-a818-ba7f81ba7c35	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB597	07df95774edf30ed134c289d80f3aaa3d9441ed69aead627f8c0745347014d8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 597 (20172018) — Human trafficking: victim confidentiality.

Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB597 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent Calendar SB597 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 597 Leyva Senate Third Reading By REYES — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leyva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 747.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-06-28 June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3038.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2904.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 570, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95a9a774-ce82-4c32-a818-ba7f81ba7c35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).