republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1726.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address confidentiality program."
description: "Existing law establishes an address confidentiality program, commonly known as the Safe at Home program, for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, under which an adult person, or a guardian on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person, states that they are such a victim, and designates the Secretary of State as the agent for service of process and receipt of mail. Under existing law, when the Secretary of State certifies the person as a program participant, the person's actual address is confidential."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1726"
citation: "California AB 1726 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Address confidentiality program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74b3b0e8-ecf0-4c14-8228-e602272cb96c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726"
source_hash: "349f9ff4f417a70e87c85b50d9d8cea493a5164a9cf79e8d72ed614149e50c7a"
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 1726 (20212022) — Address confidentiality program.

Existing law establishes an address confidentiality program, commonly known as the Safe at Home program, for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, under which an adult person, or a guardian on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person, states that they are such a victim, and designates the Secretary of State as the agent for service of process and receipt of mail. Under existing law, when the Secretary of State certifies the person as a program participant, the person's actual address is confidential.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172699INT)
2. **03/08/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172698AMD)
3. **05/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172697AMD)
4. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172696AMD)
5. **08/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172695AMD)
6. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172693CHP)
7. **AB1726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726)
8. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1726&version=20210AB172694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1726 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1726 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1726 Aguiar-Curry By Newman — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4370.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-23** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-06-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4880.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5976.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74b3b0e8-ecf0-4c14-8228-e602272cb96c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).