republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1785.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Public Records Act."
description: "The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. The act prohibits a state or local agency from posting the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official on the internet without first obtaining the written permission of that individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1785"
citation: "California AB 1785 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Public Records Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750ab629-915e-4e8a-b219-756cac985105"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785"
source_hash: "68e346c30e183614bbfd95ba7b2db9c1d2ca3db6145656e5a4675432542d562e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1785 (20232024) — 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. The act prohibits a state or local agency from posting the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official on the internet without first obtaining the written permission of that individual.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785&version=20230AB178599INT)
2. **04/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785&version=20230AB178598AMD)
3. **05/29/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785&version=20230AB178597AMD)
4. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785&version=20230AB178595CHP)
5. **AB1785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785)
6. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1785&version=20230AB178596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1785 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1785 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1785 Pacheco By Umberg — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4996.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/750ab629-915e-4e8a-b219-756cac985105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).