republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1945.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open meetings: closed sessions: confidential information."
description: "Open meetings: closed sessions: confidential information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1945"
citation: "California AB 1945 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open meetings: closed sessions: confidential information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c5c159-33de-4d2f-a883-f9d897da7a2f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945"
source_hash: "f0663a739a717b877ad49224a7a909359c3707e02aa33a3a91be7e600d46d653"
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 AB 1945 (20012002) — Open meetings: closed sessions: confidential information.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194599INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194598AMD)
3. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194597AMD)
4. **08/08/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194596AMD)
5. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194595AMD)
6. **09/30/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194593CHP)
7. **AB1945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945)
8. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1945&version=20010AB194594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1945 Simitian By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1945 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1945 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1119, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8440.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 4. Page 5802.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2002-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 6443.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4c5c159-33de-4d2f-a883-f9d897da7a2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).