republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-499.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal information: social security numbers: state agencies."
description: "Existing law prohibits a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to, the individual's social security number, telephone number, driver's license number, or credit card account number, unless that personal information is contained within sealed correspondence and cannot be viewed from the outside of that sealed correspondence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 499"
citation: "California AB 499 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal information: social security numbers: state agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2021352-a11b-4de2-a09a-a529060e3268"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499"
source_hash: "82f92aeaf4be6938daf8e6e956cb4edc7bfb1b4a3ea0ec742a379cf027221479"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 499 (20192020) — Personal information: social security numbers: state agencies.

Existing law prohibits a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to, the individual's social security number, telephone number, driver's license number, or credit card account number, unless that personal information is contained within sealed correspondence and cannot be viewed from the outside of that sealed correspondence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49999INT)
2. **01/15/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49997AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49998AMD)
4. **07/08/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49996AMD)
5. **07/31/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49995AMD)
6. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49994AMD)
7. **09/25/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49992CHP)
8. **AB499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499)
9. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB499&version=20190AB49993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 499 Mayes Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 499 Mayes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB499 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mayes — primary (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3891.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4383.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5311.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2021352-a11b-4de2-a09a-a529060e3268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).