republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-801.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student privacy: online personal information."
description: "The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants to a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected by a business, as defined, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer. The act establishes a variety of exceptions to the obligations imposed on a business under these provisions. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 801"
citation: "California AB 801 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student privacy", "online personal information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Patterson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d64e67-3ca5-4722-a781-5156e6136ca3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801"
source_hash: "2ac44fa2f8c7cf89cf0bacc2a7c8dc7868bb78426744659d90733a30b93684ae"
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 801 (20232024) — Student privacy: online personal information.

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants to a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected by a business, as defined, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer. The act establishes a variety of exceptions to the obligations imposed on a business under these provisions. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80199INT)
2. **01/12/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80197AMD)
3. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80198AMD)
4. **06/13/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80196AMD)
5. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80195AMD)
6. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80193CHP)
7. **AB801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB801&version=20230AB80194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 801 Joe Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB801 Joe Patterson By Niello — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 801 Joe Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-01-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3884.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-17** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 935, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64d64e67-3ca5-4722-a781-5156e6136ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).