republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1723.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary educational institutions: meetings: live video and audio transmission."
description: "Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Student Aid Commission, including a specified auxiliary organization, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to provide for live audio transmission of all meetings, which are open to the public pursuant to specified law, through a technology that is accessible to as large a segment of the public as possible, including, but not necessarily limited to, the use of cable, satellite, over-the-air, or any other type of transmission that can be accessed though a television."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1723"
citation: "California AB 1723 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary educational institutions: meetings: live video and audio transmission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-16"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff1e451c-edf6-4561-afb0-ad53c5388d01"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723"
source_hash: "eecd5601f9a507e9a801d950e698e32f90e330582724a8a3f5e0498bedb7b90f"
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 1723 (20112012) — Postsecondary educational institutions: meetings: live video and audio transmission.

Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Student Aid Commission, including a specified auxiliary organization, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to provide for live audio transmission of all meetings, which are open to the public pursuant to specified law, through a technology that is accessible to as large a segment of the public as possible, including, but not necessarily limited to, the use of cable, satellite, over-the-air, or any other type of transmission that can be accessed though a television.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172399INT)
2. **03/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172398AMD)
3. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172397AMD)
4. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172396AMD)
5. **05/01/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172395AMD)
6. **06/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172394AMD)
7. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172393AMD)
8. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172392AMD)
9. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172390CHP)
10. **AB1723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723)
11. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1723&version=20110AB172391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1723 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Organization. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1723 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1723 Fuentes By Lieu — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** Measure version as amended on March 19 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5046.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4752.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6365.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff1e451c-edf6-4561-afb0-ad53c5388d01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).