republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2449.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences."
description: "Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires posting an agenda at least 72 hours before a regular meeting that contains a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, and prohibits any action or discussion from being undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. The act authorizes a legislative body to take action on items of business not appearing on the posted agenda under specified conditions. The act contains specified provisions regarding providing for the ability of the public to observe and provide comment. The act allows for meetings to occur via teleconferencing subject to certain requirements, particularly that the legislative body notice each teleconference location of each member that will be participating in the public meeting, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, that members of the public be allowed to address the legislative body at each teleconference location, that the legislative body post an agenda at each teleconference location, and that at least a quorum of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the local agency's jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2449"
citation: "California AB 2449 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ea0593-86a0-4fa3-adfc-fde539652b1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449"
source_hash: "5f49abf1dcfa1998e6e69119458fbf5fadb65770adcbb902ece998b91296b895"
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 2449 (20212022) — Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.

Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires posting an agenda at least 72 hours before a regular meeting that contains a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, and prohibits any action or discussion from being undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. The act authorizes a legislative body to take action on items of business not appearing on the posted agenda under specified conditions. The act contains specified provisions regarding providing for the ability of the public to observe and provide comment. The act allows for meetings to occur via teleconferencing subject to certain requirements, particularly that the legislative body notice each teleconference location of each member that will be participating in the public meeting, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, that members of the public be allowed to address the legislative body at each teleconference location, that the legislative body post an agenda at each teleconference location, and that at least a quorum of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the local agency's jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244999INT)
2. **05/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244998AMD)
3. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244997AMD)
4. **06/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244996AMD)
5. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244995AMD)
6. **08/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244994AMD)
7. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244992CHP)
8. **AB2449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449)
9. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2449&version=20210AB244993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2449 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2449 Blanca Rubio By Caballero — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 2449 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Page 4812.)
- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4815.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 4.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** 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`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-08-01** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-08-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-08-02** 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`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 5099.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 2.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, 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/12ea0593-86a0-4fa3-adfc-fde539652b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).