republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-474.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Public Records Act: conforming revisions."
description: "The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 474"
citation: "California AB 474 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Public Records Act: conforming revisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ffc52a-dc64-4777-8cdb-e6c6b63605b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474"
source_hash: "821547f305601ea53d80dd0cb5e31be2fe0a6e2e703092e88be526128b4559b8"
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 474 (20212022) — California Public Records Act: conforming revisions.

The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474&version=20210AB47499INT)
2. **05/27/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474&version=20210AB47498AMD)
3. **06/21/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474&version=20210AB47497AMD)
4. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474&version=20210AB47496AMD)
5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474&version=20210AB47494CHP)
6. **AB474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474)
7. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB474&version=20210AB47495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB474 Chau By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 474 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 474 Chau Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1578.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1821.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** 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`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1716.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-08** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-07-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2225.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2629.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, 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/10ffc52a-dc64-4777-8cdb-e6c6b63605b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).