Reports submitted to legislative committees.
Summary
Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website. This bill would additionally require a state agency to post on its internet website any report required or requested by law, or identified in the Legislative Analyst's Supplemental Report of the Budget Act, that the state agency submits to a committee of the Legislature or to the Members of either house of the Legislature. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to make various categories of legislative information available to the public in an electronic form. This bill would additionally require the Legislative Counsel to make available to the public a link to the list of state and local agency reports submitted by state and local agencies to a committee of the Legislature or to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally, as specified.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Assembly Passage
Jul 2023
Signed into Law
Sep 2023
Introduced Jan 30, 2023
Signed Sep 1, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 13, 2023 · Assembly Jul 3, 2023
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Apr 13, 2023
D
Democratic31
87% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Sep 1, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jul 3, 2023
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Jul 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2541.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28).
lower
Jun 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7).
lower
May 4, 2023
Committee
Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 700.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 339.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
upper
Jan 30, 2023
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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