republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-790.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records: contracts for goods and services."
description: "Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires public records to be open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency that retains those records, and provides that every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as provided. The act requires state and local agencies to make public records available upon receipt of a request for a copy that reasonably describes an identifiable record not otherwise exempt from disclosure, and upon payment of fees to cover costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 790"
citation: "California SB 790 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records", "contracts for goods and services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d190c2-39c5-4542-89db-652e1319e321"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB790"
source_hash: "b304584aba5e935f6818467ac2221657b02d0431c0e01b7212fac1ba92105b86"
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 SB 790 (20232024) — Public records: contracts for goods and services.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires public records to be open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency that retains those records, and provides that every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as provided. The act requires state and local agencies to make public records available upon receipt of a request for a copy that reasonably describes an identifiable record not otherwise exempt from disclosure, and upon payment of fees to cover costs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB790&version=20230SB79099INT)
2. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB790&version=20230SB79098AMD)
3. **07/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB790&version=20230SB79096CHP)
4. **SB790** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB790)
5. **06/30/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB790&version=20230SB79097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 790 Padilla Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 688.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 962.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2427.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 77, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6d190c2-39c5-4542-89db-652e1319e321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).