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Bill	Secretary of Government Operations: deepfakes.	Existing law establishes the Government Operations Agency, which consists of several departments, including the Department of General Services. Existing law requires that the department develop and enforce policy and procedures and institute or cause the institution of those investigations and proceedings as it deems proper to assure effective operation of all functions performed by the department and to conserve the rights and interests of the state. Under existing law, the Government Operations Agency is under the direction of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Government Operations, who is appointed by, and holds office at the pleasure of, the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1216	California SB 1216 (20212022)	bill	Secretary of Government Operations: deepfakes.	enacted	Gonzalez	6	30	10	2022-02-17	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6045a36f-54a2-446b-bced-5fa3e01b8fda	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1216	eda1f77b31ddda04af385f005472a54e784d2f35bfb6a3d848eb51c78a1fc3d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1216 (20212022) — Secretary of Government Operations: deepfakes.

Existing law establishes the Government Operations Agency, which consists of several departments, including the Department of General Services. Existing law requires that the department develop and enforce policy and procedures and institute or cause the institution of those investigations and proceedings as it deems proper to assure effective operation of all functions performed by the department and to conserve the rights and interests of the state. Under existing law, the Government Operations Agency is under the direction of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Government Operations, who is appointed by, and holds office at the pleasure of, the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1216 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1216 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB1216 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 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
• SB 1216 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Berman — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-18 From printer.
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2022-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3251.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-03-31 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3437.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2022-05-02 May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3788.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3934.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5949.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4937.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 885, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6045a36f-54a2-446b-bced-5fa3e01b8fda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).