republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2302.md

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Bill	Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.	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. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2302	California AB 2302 (20232024)	bill	Open meetings local agencies teleconferences	enacted	Addis	4	15	4	2024-02-12	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/c2fa468b-387b-4c3e-b726-193247f4c001	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2302	40f288f2a9356f08289619f5ff27a7de31ea9146266e0acfffac05169aad20de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2302 (20232024) — Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.

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. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2302 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2302 Addis et al. By Laird — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2302 Addis Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Addis — primary (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5151.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-06-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5200.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 389, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2fa468b-387b-4c3e-b726-193247f4c001. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).