Existing law, the State Records Management Act, requires the Secretary of State to establish and administer a records management program. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to notify the secretary when records are digitized by a third-party vendor. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to appoint a representative from the agency to serve as the Records Management Coordinator who is charged with specified duties, including, among other things, coordinating the agency's records management program.
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California Legislature
20232024
AB 1759
California AB 1759 (20232024)
bill
State archives
enacted
Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review
Existing law, the State Records Management Act, requires the Secretary of State to establish and administer a records management program. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to notify the secretary when records are digitized by a third-party vendor. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to appoint a representative from the agency to serve as the Records Management Coordinator who is charged with specified duties, including, among other things, coordinating the agency's records management program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1759 Accountability and Administrative Review Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1759 A. & A.R. (Petrie-Norris) By Dodd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-03-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-03-09 From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2023-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-04-25 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-05-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1813.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2140.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 145, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/601ee0b9-f6cf-406e-9507-974ac4b8b771. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).