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type: "Bill"
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title: "Benefits: outgoing mail: claim processing: reporting."
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description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail, as defined, to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to, the individual's social security number, unless that personal information is contained within sealed correspondence and cannot be viewed from the outside of that sealed correspondence. Existing law also prohibits, commencing on or before January 1, 2023, a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains the individual's social security number, except as provided. Existing law requires state agencies that are unable to comply with this prohibition to submit an annual corrective action plan to the Legislature until it is in compliance. Existing law makes the corrective action plan and related correspondence confidential and prohibits their public disclosure."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 56"
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citation: "California AB 56 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Benefits: outgoing mail: claim processing: reporting."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-12-07"
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last_action: "2021-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049e2044-2fc0-4f41-b183-4f1ce031acd0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56"
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source_hash: "ffdc2c743b58e849a34dab25e5c1a9508bce8d25e460950b72025cf4b7d997d0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 56 (20212022) — Benefits: outgoing mail: claim processing: reporting.
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(1) Existing law prohibits a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail, as defined, to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to, the individual's social security number, unless that personal information is contained within sealed correspondence and cannot be viewed from the outside of that sealed correspondence. Existing law also prohibits, commencing on or before January 1, 2023, a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains the individual's social security number, except as provided. Existing law requires state agencies that are unable to comply with this prohibition to submit an annual corrective action plan to the Legislature until it is in compliance. Existing law makes the corrective action plan and related correspondence confidential and prohibits their public disclosure.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56&version=20210AB5699INT)
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2. **03/26/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56&version=20210AB5698AMD)
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3. **04/12/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56&version=20210AB5697AMD)
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4. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56&version=20210AB5696AMD)
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5. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56&version=20210AB5694CHP)
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6. **AB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56)
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7. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB56&version=20210AB5695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB56 Salas et al. By Laird — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 56 Salas Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 56 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Salas — primary (person)
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- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Chen — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Choi — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Grove — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Laird — principal coauthor (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- Mathis — coauthor (person)
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- Min — coauthor (person)
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- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
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- Patterson — author (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
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- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Seyarto — coauthor (person)
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- Valladares — coauthor (person)
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- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
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- Voepel — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and INS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** 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`
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- **2021-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1620.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1715.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2566.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3063.)
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- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3064.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/049e2044-2fc0-4f41-b183-4f1ce031acd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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