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Bill	Open meetings: teleconferences: community college student body associations and student-run organizations.	Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1855	California AB 1855 (20232024)	bill	Open meetings community college student body associations and student-run organizations teleconferences	enacted	Arambula	7	23	7	2024-01-18	2024-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/81ba9007-49c5-44c8-a122-2a1d9ccd42b1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1855	4823cfa48c83667aa915d672d35cd1bc50892a889da0bc091b10eae183a02dcc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1855 (20232024) — Open meetings: teleconferences: community college student body associations and student-run organizations.

Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/18/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/14/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1855 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1855 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–12 (pass) · lower
• AB 1855 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — 53–12 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1855 Arambula By Portantino — 30–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
• 2024-01-29 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 12. Page 4918.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and ED. referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 5226.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 6557.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81ba9007-49c5-44c8-a122-2a1d9ccd42b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).