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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government: public broadband services."
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description: "Existing law prohibits a local agency that is engaged in the provision of broadband internet access service in the state from taking certain actions regarding the accessing of content on the internet by an end user. Existing law defines various terms for these purposes, including defining \"local agency\" to mean any agency of local government authorized by any other law to provide broadband internet access service, and lists specified categories of local government agencies included in that definition of \"local agency.\""
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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 825"
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citation: "California SB 825 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Local government", "public broadband services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46b44346-fbb2-4cb2-addf-c29f7c03021e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB825"
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source_hash: "30ec361a6b2cdcbe370174ae9ac0374e38f86cc2869dfce39094a2f94c24d1e1"
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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 825 (20232024) — Local government: public broadband services.
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Existing law prohibits a local agency that is engaged in the provision of broadband internet access service in the state from taking certain actions regarding the accessing of content on the internet by an end user. Existing law defines various terms for these purposes, including defining "local agency" to mean any agency of local government authorized by any other law to provide broadband internet access service, and lists specified categories of local government agencies included in that definition of "local agency."
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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. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB825&version=20230SB82599INT)
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2. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB825&version=20230SB82597CHP)
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3. **SB825** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB825)
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4. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB825&version=20230SB82598ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 825 Limón Senate Third Reading By Hart — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Limón — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 12.
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- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 684.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 814.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-06-15** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
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- **2023-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2792.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 186, Statutes of 2023. `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/46b44346-fbb2-4cb2-addf-c29f7c03021e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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