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Bill	Corrections.	Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection. Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 519	California SB 519 (20232024)	bill	Corrections	enacted	Atkins	8	37	9	2023-02-14	2023-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/23fd76e7-5410-4616-b79c-1c1cadf8cf15	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB519	32463d5174440bc2e27b250a07a4254399add842c7751e79440a496a93ea81c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 519 (20232024) — Corrections.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection. Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/04/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB519 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB519 Atkins et al. Concurrence — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 519 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Weber — 57–17 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB519 Atkins et al. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Weber — principal coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-17 April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 Set for hearing April 26 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
• 2023-04-19 Re-referred to Coms. on PUB S. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 901.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1174.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1289.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-07-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
• 2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3262.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2741.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 306, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23fd76e7-5410-4616-b79c-1c1cadf8cf15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).