Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, beginning on January 1, 2020, grants consumers various rights with regard to their personal information held by businesses, including the right to request a business to disclose specific pieces of personal information it has collected and the right to request a business to delete any personal information collected by the business. The act generally provides for its enforcement by the Attorney General, but also provides for a private right of action in certain circumstances.
California AB 874 (20192020) — California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, beginning on January 1, 2020, grants consumers various rights with regard to their personal information held by businesses, including the right to request a business to disclose specific pieces of personal information it has collected and the right to request a business to delete any personal information collected by the business. The act generally provides for its enforcement by the Attorney General, but also provides for a private right of action in certain circumstances.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2019-03-25 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
2019-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. 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 1590.) 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.
2019-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
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
2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2859.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2019-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3486.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/266b7af2-623f-45ac-ba96-dd4e853fbf42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).