republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1441.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Examination of petitions: time limitations and reimbursement of costs."
description: "Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, except as provided. Existing law generally includes in the meaning of \"public records\" any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1441"
citation: "California SB 1441 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Examination of petitions", "time limitations and reimbursement of costs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0982ea34-f903-432c-a1f5-827478370c5d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441"
source_hash: "2d0e2b195b24d5108ee87e2948c8c0d8969499e1e82349201002463f8610bd76"
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 SB 1441 (20232024) — Examination of petitions: time limitations and reimbursement of costs.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, except as provided. Existing law generally includes in the meaning of "public records" any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441&version=20230SB144199INT)
2. **04/04/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441&version=20230SB144198AMD)
3. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441&version=20230SB144197AMD)
4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441&version=20230SB144195CHP)
5. **SB1441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441)
6. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1441&version=20230SB144196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1441 Allen Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 1441 Allen Senate Third Reading By Berman — **60–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1441 Allen By Umberg — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3449.) (April 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3631.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2024-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4097.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 6508.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5592.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 479, 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/0982ea34-f903-432c-a1f5-827478370c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).