republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-992.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open meetings: local agencies: social media."
description: "The Ralph M. Brown Act generally requires that the meetings of legislative bodies of local agencies be conducted openly. That act defines \"meeting\" for purposes of the act and prohibits a majority of the members of a legislative body, outside a meeting authorized by the act, from using a series of communications of any kind to discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item of business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 992"
citation: "California AB 992 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open meetings: local agencies: social media."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35b6b298-7056-4bcc-ba3b-15cf198dbdc8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992"
source_hash: "6d26073e72f546d5340ca9be3a83cb3dc17f3354035dfb5ba4e7a847816127bd"
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 992 (20192020) — Open meetings: local agencies: social media.

The Ralph M. Brown Act generally requires that the meetings of legislative bodies of local agencies be conducted openly. That act defines "meeting" for purposes of the act and prohibits a majority of the members of a legislative body, outside a meeting authorized by the act, from using a series of communications of any kind to discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item of business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992&version=20190AB99299INT)
2. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992&version=20190AB99298AMD)
3. **07/31/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992&version=20190AB99297AMD)
4. **09/18/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992&version=20190AB99295CHP)
5. **AB992** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992)
6. **08/27/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB992&version=20190AB99296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 992 Mullin Assembly Third Reading — **57–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 992 Mullin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB992 Mullin By Hill — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–3** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2020-01-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 3938.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 4289.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2020-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5235.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2020-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35b6b298-7056-4bcc-ba3b-15cf198dbdc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).