Relative to recording legislative meetings.
Summary
The California Constitution, as amended by the California Legislature Transparency Act, guarantees to the public the right to record by audio or video means any and all parts of open and public legislative meetings and to broadcast or otherwise transmit them, subject to reasonable rules regulating the placement and use of equipment for recording or broadcasting for the sole purpose of minimizing disruption. The California Constitution requires that those rules be adopted by the Legislature by concurrent resolution passed by a rollcall vote entered in the journal, 23 of the membership of each house concurring, or by statute. This measure would adopt rules regulating the placement and use of equipment for recording or broadcasting legislative meetings that are open and public.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Aug 2018
Senate Passage
Sep 2017
Assembly Passage
Aug 2018
Signed into Law
Aug 2018
Introduced Mar 30, 2017
Signed Aug 24, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Sep 16, 2017 · Assembly Aug 16, 2018
How they voted
25–9
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Sep 16, 2017
D
Democratic25
100% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
5
Aug 24, 2018
Introduced
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2:30 p.m.
legislature
Aug 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5462.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 16, 2018
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (71-0-2)
assembly
Aug 16, 2018
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Aug 16, 2018
Lower · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6296.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Aug 13, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 13).
lower
Mar 12, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
lower
Sep 16, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (25-9-1)
senate
Sep 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2995.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Sep 15, 2017
Introduced
Amendments by Senator Anderson tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2970.)
upper
Sep 15, 2017
Introduced
Amendments by Senator Bates tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2969.)
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
upper
Mar 30, 2017
Introduced
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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