Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology for the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state. The law requires an entity within the executive branch that is under the direct authority of the Governor to implement the policies and procedures issued by the office. The law additionally authorizes the office to conduct, or require to be conducted, an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office, as specified. The law authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office.
California AB 2135 (20212022) — Information security.
Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology for the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state. The law requires an entity within the executive branch that is under the direct authority of the Governor to implement the policies and procedures issued by the office. The law additionally authorizes the office to conduct, or require to be conducted, an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office, as specified. The law authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2135 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB2135 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Irwin — primary (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2022-02-24 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and A. & A.R. referral-committee
2022-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2022-04-20 Coauthors revised.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4926.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4979.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 773, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74c74cbc-d338-4783-939c-883819287264. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).