republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1600.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discovery: personnel records: peace officers and custodial officers."
description: "(1) Existing law provides discovery procedures for peace or custodial officer personnel records, and other records pertaining to peace or custodial officers, as specified. Existing law requires the party seeking the discovery or disclosure to file a written motion with the appropriate court or administrative body upon written notice to the governmental agency that has custody and control of the records according to times prescribed under other provisions of law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1600"
citation: "California AB 1600 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discovery: personnel records: peace officers and custodial officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/900fd4b9-1822-4f36-8ff8-e711b317e361"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600"
source_hash: "428dbb5fe09da0fcc4d791891960e99ce4a648dc36008364e6255c17a2bd11cf"
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 1600 (20192020) — Discovery: personnel records: peace officers and custodial officers.

(1) Existing law provides discovery procedures for peace or custodial officer personnel records, and other records pertaining to peace or custodial officers, as specified. Existing law requires the party seeking the discovery or disclosure to file a written motion with the appropriate court or administrative body upon written notice to the governmental agency that has custody and control of the records according to times prescribed under other provisions of law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600&version=20190AB160099INT)
2. **06/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600&version=20190AB160098AMD)
3. **09/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600&version=20190AB160097AMD)
4. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600&version=20190AB160095CHP)
5. **AB1600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600)
6. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1600&version=20190AB160096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1600 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **42–28** (pass) · lower
- AB 1600 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **45–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1600 Kalra et al. By Bradford — **26–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 27. Page 1789.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2773.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 28. Page 3411.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/900fd4b9-1822-4f36-8ff8-e711b317e361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).