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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public safety."
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description: "(1) Existing law creates in state government the California State Auditor's Office, and requires that office to, among other things, conduct any audit of a state or local governmental agency or any other publicly created entity that is requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to the extent that funding is available. Existing law requires the auditor to maintain papers or memoranda used to support a completed audit for at least 3 years after the audit report is complete. Existing law generally provides that records held by the auditor are public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, except that the auditor is prohibited from disclosing certain records."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 879"
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citation: "California SB 879 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Public safety."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77224da3-9ce7-40e1-ad19-b249e952f3b8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB879"
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source_hash: "3f7ab61d7ae00393144b5b7a4c9e72ceb6c842d3b9e68c3bcc1e71f37f98418c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 879 (20172018) — Public safety.
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(1) Existing law creates in state government the California State Auditor's Office, and requires that office to, among other things, conduct any audit of a state or local governmental agency or any other publicly created entity that is requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to the extent that funding is available. Existing law requires the auditor to maintain papers or memoranda used to support a completed audit for at least 3 years after the audit report is complete. Existing law generally provides that records held by the auditor are public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, except that the auditor is prohibited from disclosing certain records.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB879&version=20170SB87999INT)
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2. **08/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB879&version=20170SB87998AMD)
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3. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB879&version=20170SB87996CHP)
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4. **SB879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB879)
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5. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB879&version=20170SB87997ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB879 B. & F.R. — **24–11** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB879 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 879 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
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- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-30** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)
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- **2018-04-30** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4931.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-16** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 6286.)
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- **2018-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6787.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6045.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 457, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77224da3-9ce7-40e1-ad19-b249e952f3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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