Existing law establishes an address confidentiality program, commonly known as the Safe at Home program, for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, under which an adult person, or a guardian on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person, states that they are such a victim, and designates the Secretary of State as the agent for service of process and receipt of mail. Under existing law, when the Secretary of State certifies the person as a program participant, the person's actual address is confidential.
California AB 1726 (20212022) — Address confidentiality program.
Existing law establishes an address confidentiality program, commonly known as the Safe at Home program, for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, under which an adult person, or a guardian on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person, states that they are such a victim, and designates the Secretary of State as the agent for service of process and receipt of mail. Under existing law, when the Secretary of State certifies the person as a program participant, the person's actual address is confidential.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-01-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-01-28 From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
2022-02-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4370.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-05-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-23 From Consent Calendar.
2022-06-23 Ordered to third reading.
2022-06-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4880.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5976.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74b3b0e8-ecf0-4c14-8228-e602272cb96c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).