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type: "Bill"
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title: "State bodies: open meetings."
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description: "The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that meetings of a state body be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend, with certain exceptions. Existing law provides that, subject to certain exceptions and reasonable regulations, the state body shall provide members of the public an opportunity to directly address the state body on agenda items. Existing law authorizes the state body to limit the amount of time allotted for each member of the public to speak, but specifies that members of the public who use translators shall be given twice that allotted amount of time."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1291"
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citation: "California AB 1291 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State bodies: open meetings."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb9d884b-b6dd-40fe-a9bb-8eca8bb38e53"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1291"
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source_hash: "3dba65da137e4bed1a5e1e92c67416fac35a23212989485d1d19ce33aab2c5c6"
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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 AB 1291 (20212022) — State bodies: open meetings.
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The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that meetings of a state body be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend, with certain exceptions. Existing law provides that, subject to certain exceptions and reasonable regulations, the state body shall provide members of the public an opportunity to directly address the state body on agenda items. Existing law authorizes the state body to limit the amount of time allotted for each member of the public to speak, but specifies that members of the public who use translators shall be given twice that allotted amount of time.
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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. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1291&version=20210AB129199INT)
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2. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1291&version=20210AB129197CHP)
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3. **AB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1291)
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4. **06/25/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1291&version=20210AB129198ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar AB1291 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1291 Frazier Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Frazier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1252.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 2. Noes 0. Page 1634.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/fb9d884b-b6dd-40fe-a9bb-8eca8bb38e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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