republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-470.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing."
description: "Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. The act authorizes meetings through teleconference subject to specified requirements, including, among others, that the state body post agendas at all teleconference locations, that each teleconference location be identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, that the agenda provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the state body directly at each teleconference location, and that at least one member of the state body be physically present at the location specified in the notice of the meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "California SB 470 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bagley-KeeneOpenMeetingAct", "teleconferencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f76904-78b2-42d8-b656-25d6d589bd5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB470"
source_hash: "2ef7493f0ba87027d51505c3a58c9df4a6235b75325386717b68245525677905"
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 470 (20252026) — Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.

Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. The act authorizes meetings through teleconference subject to specified requirements, including, among others, that the state body post agendas at all teleconference locations, that each teleconference location be identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, that the agenda provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the state body directly at each teleconference location, and that at least one member of the state body be physically present at the location specified in the notice of the meeting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB470&version=20250SB47099INT)
2. **04/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB470&version=20250SB47098AMD)
3. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB470&version=20250SB47096CHP)
4. **SB470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB470)
5. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB470&version=20250SB47097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 470 Laird Senate Third Reading By Hart — **57–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 530.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 706.) (April 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2025-04-28** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 1386.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 5.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 2985.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 222, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64f76904-78b2-42d8-b656-25d6d589bd5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).