Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires meetings of the legislative body of a local agency to be open and public and also requires regular and special meetings of the legislative body to be held within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, with specified exceptions. Existing law authorizes a person to request that a copy of an agenda, or a copy of all the documents constituting the agenda packet, of any meeting of a legislative body be mailed to that person.
California SB 274 (20212022) — Local government meetings: agenda and documents.
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires meetings of the legislative body of a local agency to be open and public and also requires regular and special meetings of the legislative body to be held within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, with specified exceptions. Existing law authorizes a person to request that a copy of an agenda, or a copy of all the documents constituting the agenda packet, of any meeting of a legislative body be mailed to that person.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 633.) (March 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-07 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 886.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2021-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 763, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/691574d0-a6d5-40c7-b3e4-7555000a403f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).