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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peace officers: release of records."
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description: "The California Public Records Act requires a state or local agency, as defined, to make public records available for inspection, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires any peace officer or custodial officer personnel records, as defined, and any records maintained by any state or local agency relating to complaints against peace officers and custodial officers, or any information obtained from these records, to be confidential and prohibits the disclosure of those records in any criminal or civil proceeding, except by discovery. Existing law describes exceptions to this requirement for investigations or proceedings concerning the conduct of peace officers or custodial officers, and for an agency or department that employs those officers, 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: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 1421"
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citation: "California SB 1421 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Peace officers: release of records."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e020fb9-2d66-4d23-b074-580150a932ca"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421"
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source_hash: "1400392c98009fc7fb0bc6d6126b4d950c7364c3ea8fd0ab70c94c122ab2fd13"
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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 SB 1421 (20172018) — Peace officers: release of records.
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The California Public Records Act requires a state or local agency, as defined, to make public records available for inspection, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires any peace officer or custodial officer personnel records, as defined, and any records maintained by any state or local agency relating to complaints against peace officers and custodial officers, or any information obtained from these records, to be confidential and prohibits the disclosure of those records in any criminal or civil proceeding, except by discovery. Existing law describes exceptions to this requirement for investigations or proceedings concerning the conduct of peace officers or custodial officers, and for an agency or department that employs those officers, 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. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142199INT)
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2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142198AMD)
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3. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142197AMD)
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4. **06/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142196AMD)
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5. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142195AMD)
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6. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142194AMD)
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7. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142193AMD)
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8. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142191CHP)
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9. **SB1421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421)
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10. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421&version=20170SB142192ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB1421 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **25–11** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB1421 Skinner et al. — **25–11** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1421 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING — **44–30** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Skinner — primary (person)
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- Bradford — coauthor (person)
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- Glazer — coauthor (person)
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- Hill — coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
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- Lara — principal coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
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- Moorlach — coauthor (person)
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- Weber — coauthor (person)
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- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-12** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4701.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
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- **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4310.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4383.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 6188.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 988, Statutes of 2018.
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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/4e020fb9-2d66-4d23-b074-580150a932ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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