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type: "Bill"
title: "Personal information: social security numbers: the Employment Development Department."
description: "Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2023, prohibits a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail that contains an individual's social security number unless the number is truncated to its last 4 digits or in specified circumstances, including when federal law requires inclusion of the social security number or when documents are mailed to a current or prospective state employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 12"
citation: "California AB 12 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal information: social security numbers: the Employment Development Department."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3bcf8b-4025-4f0b-9905-bca71f07241b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB12"
source_hash: "83a35fa8692b1024c2dd22efde9e755ca84163df286e643564683678d62aed7c"
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 12 (20212022) — Personal information: social security numbers: the Employment Development Department.
Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2023, prohibits a state agency from sending any outgoing United States mail that contains an individual's social security number unless the number is truncated to its last 4 digits or in specified circumstances, including when federal law requires inclusion of the social security number or when documents are mailed to a current or prospective state employee.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB12&version=20210AB1299INT)
2. **03/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB12&version=20210AB1298AMD)
3. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB12&version=20210AB1296CHP)
4. **AB12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB12)
5. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB12&version=20210AB1297ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB12 Seyarto et al. Urgency Clause — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **150** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- AB 12 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **130** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Seyarto — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Kiley — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Melendez — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Smith — coauthor (person)
- Valladares — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1469.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1715.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 509, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3bcf8b-4025-4f0b-9905-bca71f07241b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).