republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-243.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abduction survivors: address confidentiality program."
description: "Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, and elder or dependent adult abuse, and members of their households, to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's changed name or location, subject to specified conditions. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to make a false statement in an application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 243"
citation: "California AB 243 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abduction survivors", "address confidentiality program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alanis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/800936a8-fe12-49c0-8fd7-5bc28ff1c989"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243"
source_hash: "c2642d741f9638e58b469e2f5af56ec1065ee6d95034b02cd2b55cf4019b3c8f"
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 243 (20232024) — Child abduction survivors: address confidentiality program.

Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, and elder or dependent adult abuse, and members of their households, to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's changed name or location, subject to specified conditions. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to make a false statement in an application.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243&version=20230AB24399INT)
2. **02/27/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243&version=20230AB24398AMD)
3. **06/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243&version=20230AB24397AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243&version=20230AB24395CHP)
5. **AB243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB243&version=20230AB24396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 243 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB243 Alanis et al. By Ochoa Bogh — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 243 Alanis Assembly Third Reading — **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

## Sponsors

- Alanis — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Essayli — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Soria — coauthor (person)
- Ta — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
- Vince Fong — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1853.) `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 JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 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`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3563.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 642, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/800936a8-fe12-49c0-8fd7-5bc28ff1c989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).