(1) Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, operative January 1, 2020, grants a consumer various rights in connection with a business, as defined, that collects the consumer's personal information. The act defines various terms for these purposes. The act excludes publicly available information, as defined, from the definition of personal information and excludes both consumer information that is deidentified, as defined, and aggregate consumer information, as defined, from the definition of publicly available. Thus, the act does not exclude, as publicly available information, any consumer information that is either deidentified or aggregated.
California AB 1355 (20192020) — Personal information.
(1) Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, operative January 1, 2020, grants a consumer various rights in connection with a business, as defined, that collects the consumer's personal information. The act defines various terms for these purposes. The act excludes publicly available information, as defined, from the definition of personal information and excludes both consumer information that is deidentified, as defined, and aggregate consumer information, as defined, from the definition of publicly available. Thus, the act does not exclude, as publicly available information, any consumer information that is either deidentified or aggregated.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1355 Chau Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1355 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chau — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2019-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1591.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-15 From Consent Calendar.
2019-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2905.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2019-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3546.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2019-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d163399-bdd7-4993-8717-7022de2a4b4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).