republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1352.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Independent information security assessments: Military Department: local educational agencies."
description: "Existing law charges the chief of the Office of Information Security with establishment of an information security program implemented by state entities, and authorizes the office to conduct an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office. Existing law also authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office, the cost of which is required to be funded by that state agency, department, or office. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center which serves as the central organizing hub of state government's cybersecurity activities and coordinates information sharing with agencies, service providers, and other organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1352"
citation: "California AB 1352 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Independent information security assessments: Military Department: local educational agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bee95fa-08fe-44f8-8fba-c883db8edf45"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352"
source_hash: "e1a5e82637cfb5306ccd1976968489e1c30f61e62ab90e37ee556e52e094dfe3"
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 1352 (20212022) — Independent information security assessments: Military Department: local educational agencies.

Existing law charges the chief of the Office of Information Security with establishment of an information security program implemented by state entities, and authorizes the office to conduct an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office. Existing law also authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office, the cost of which is required to be funded by that state agency, department, or office. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center which serves as the central organizing hub of state government's cybersecurity activities and coordinates information sharing with agencies, service providers, and other organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352&version=20210AB135299INT)
2. **03/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352&version=20210AB135298AMD)
3. **08/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352&version=20210AB135297AMD)
4. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352&version=20210AB135295CHP)
5. **AB1352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352)
6. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1352&version=20210AB135296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1352 Chau Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1352 Chau By Archuleta — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1352 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** 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`
- **2021-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 28). 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. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1471.) `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 M. & V.A., JUD. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2292.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2748.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 593, 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/8bee95fa-08fe-44f8-8fba-c883db8edf45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).