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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peace officers: confidentiality of records."
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description: "Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection. Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 400"
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citation: "California SB 400 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Peace officers", "confidentiality of records"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2024-02-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8b6daf3-43d4-4e6b-9a4b-568c9f51b0df"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400"
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source_hash: "630f8939f154dec1eac8c91576a47dcc7bdac8532036644b157734e69e818d32"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 400 (20232024) — Peace officers: confidentiality of records.
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Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection. Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40099INT)
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2. **01/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40095AMD)
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3. **02/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40093CHP)
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4. **04/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40098AMD)
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5. **06/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40097AMD)
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6. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40096AMD)
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7. **SB400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400)
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8. **02/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB400&version=20230SB40094ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB400 Wahab Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 400 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Ortega — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 400 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Ortega — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB400 Wahab Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wahab — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Set for hearing April 11.
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- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 659.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-05-11** From special consent calendar.
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- **2023-05-11** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1080.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2955.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2469.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-11** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-09-11** Action rescinded whereby Assembly amendments were concurred in, and the bill ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-09-11** Ordered to the Assembly.
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- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
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- **2023-09-13** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-13** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bryan.
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- **2024-01-12** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Ortega.
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- **2024-01-16** From inactive file.
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- **2024-01-16** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-01-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-25** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4039.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2024-02-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3200.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2024-02-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-02-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8b6daf3-43d4-4e6b-9a4b-568c9f51b0df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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