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Bill California Public Records Act. The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 473 California AB 473 (20212022)
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California AB 473 (20212022) — California Public Records Act.

The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/08/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 10/07/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB473 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading AB473 Chau By Roth — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • AB 473 Chau Assembly Third Reading — 780 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 160 (pass) · lower
  • AB 473 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 780 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2021-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
  • 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1890.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1716.) (June 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-07-08 From Consent Calendar.
  • 2021-07-08 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2021-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2223.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2021-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
  • 2021-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2629.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 614, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/321012a4-4227-4c97-bf62-88c01d8d0ec3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).