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type: "Bill"
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title: "Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 707"
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citation: "California SB 707 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Openmeetings", "meetingandteleconferencerequirements"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e079e8c-45d3-4c4e-a259-f2ff519376c4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707"
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source_hash: "20c86ee99f5ad01a2a5d823e150fdabd898691709e447a8be5f5590a8fc49149"
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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 707 (20252026) — Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.
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(1) Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate.
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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. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70799INT)
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2. **04/07/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70798AMD)
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3. **05/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70797AMD)
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4. **07/08/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70796AMD)
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5. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70795AMD)
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6. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70794AMD)
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7. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70793AMD)
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8. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70791CHP)
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9. **SB707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707)
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10. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB707&version=20250SB70792ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 707 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **53–16** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB707 Durazo et al. — **24–6** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB707 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **27–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Durazo — primary (person)
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- Arambula — coauthor (person)
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- Arreguín — principal coauthor (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Fong — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Set for hearing April 2.
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- **2025-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 837.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-29** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2025-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 6. Page 1438.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-17** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
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- **2025-07-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 3445.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 3058.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 327, Statutes of 2025. `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/4e079e8c-45d3-4c4e-a259-f2ff519376c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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