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Bill	Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings.	Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to, among other things, authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law makes certain information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session confidential, and authorizes a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to disclose certain information obtained in a closed session to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of that local agency in a closed session, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1852	California AB 1852 (20232024)	bill	Clean Power Alliance of Southern California Joint powers agencies meetings	enacted	Pacheco	4	16	5	2024-01-17	2024-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/68d8b2c6-7900-4bf5-99e2-7f1ab5326ae4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1852	40c8a65ca1f6efc457445edc7a7dd1b2ae5c095941523439253a57850e01ab46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1852 (20232024) — Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings.

Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to, among other things, authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law makes certain information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session confidential, and authorizes a member of the legislative body of a local agency member to disclose certain information obtained in a closed session to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of that local agency in a closed session, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/17/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/26/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1852 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1852 Pacheco et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1852 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pacheco — primary (person)
• Portantino — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-18 From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
• 2024-01-29 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4395.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-10 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-06-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-06-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-06-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68d8b2c6-7900-4bf5-99e2-7f1ab5326ae4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).