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Bill	Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.	(1) Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 707	California SB 707 (20252026)	bill	Openmeetings meetingandteleconferencerequirements	enacted	Durazo	10	36	7	2025-02-21	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/4e079e8c-45d3-4c4e-a259-f2ff519376c4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707	20c86ee99f5ad01a2a5d823e150fdabd898691709e447a8be5f5590a8fc49149	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 707 (20252026) — Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.

(1) Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB707 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 707 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — 53–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB707 Durazo et al. — 24–6 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB707 Durazo et al. Concurrence — 27–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Durazo — primary (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Arreguín — principal coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-12 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2025-04-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 837.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2025-05-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 Ordered to second reading.
• 2025-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 6. Page 1438.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
• 2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 3445.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 3058.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 327, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e079e8c-45d3-4c4e-a259-f2ff519376c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).