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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peace officers: confidentiality of records."
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description: "Existing law, the California Public Records Act, authorizes the inspection and copying of any public record except where specifically prohibited by law. Existing law, with specified exemptions, makes confidential the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers and certain other records maintained by their employing agencies. Existing law provides that this exemption from disclosure does not apply to investigations of these officers or their employing agencies or to related proceedings conducted by a grand jury, a district attorney's office, or the Attorney General's office."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 847"
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citation: "California AB 847 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Peaceofficers", "confidentialityofrecords"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sharp-Collins"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda6a759-44d0-4026-8422-2ef65b65a618"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847"
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source_hash: "f32f5b3d018e7a0743fdc902514715a9799b7977c0db9e04769c1582c9cb1a76"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 847 (20252026) — Peace officers: confidentiality of records.
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Existing law, the California Public Records Act, authorizes the inspection and copying of any public record except where specifically prohibited by law. Existing law, with specified exemptions, makes confidential the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers and certain other records maintained by their employing agencies. Existing law provides that this exemption from disclosure does not apply to investigations of these officers or their employing agencies or to related proceedings conducted by a grand jury, a district attorney's office, or the Attorney General's office.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84799INT)
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2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84798AMD)
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3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84797AMD)
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4. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84796AMD)
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5. **05/22/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84795AMD)
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6. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84794AMD)
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7. **09/09/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84793AMD)
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8. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84791CHP)
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9. **AB847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847)
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10. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB847&version=20250AB84792ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB847 Sharp-Collins et al. By Arreguín — **23–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 847 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading — **53–15** (pass) · lower
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- AB 847 Sharp-Collins Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–16** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Sharp-Collins — primary (person)
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- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1638.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 1812.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 2999.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 16. Page 3472.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 383, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cda6a759-44d0-4026-8422-2ef65b65a618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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