California Senate Bill 423
Session 20252026
California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.
Active
Passed Assembly on Aug 30, 2026
Sponsor
Gonzalez
First Action
Feb 18, 2025
Latest Action
Sep 9, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
423
State
California
Session
20252026
Gonzalez
grade
Author
Motion Text
Unfinished Business SB423 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Summary
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires each state or local agency, upon a request for a copy of records that reasonably describes an identifiable record or records, to make the records promptly available to any person upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable, except with respect to public records exempt from disclosure by express provisions of law. Existing law requires, upon request, an exact copy to be provided unless it is impracticable to do so.
This bill would specify that a recording of a call or a written communication that is maintained by a state or local agency that reports or describes an incident, as defined, occurring at a private detention facility, and specified records relating to that call or communication in the possession of a law enforcement agency, are not confidential, and would require an agency to disclose those records upon request to any member of the public. By requiring agencies to disclose certain records to the public, the bill would increase the duties of local officials and create a state-mandated local program.
Existing law specifies that, except as provided, the act does not require the disclosure of records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures of, the office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice, the Office of Emergency Services and any state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes.
This bill would also except the above-described requirements relating to records relating to private detention facilities from that provision, but would specify that those requirements do not apply to the office of the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, the Department of Consumer Affairs, or any state entity within the Department of Consumer Affairs, as specified.
The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
02/18/25 - Introduced
February 18, 2025
03/26/25 - Amended Senate
March 26, 2025
05/05/25 - Amended Senate
May 5, 2025
05/23/25 - Amended Senate
May 23, 2025
09/02/25 - Amended Assembly
September 2, 2025
09/09/25 - Amended Assembly
September 9, 2025
06/11/26 - Amended Assembly
June 11, 2026
06/18/26 - Amended Assembly
June 18, 2026
08/13/26 - Amended Assembly
August 13, 2026
08/20/26 - Amended Assembly
August 20, 2026
09/04/26 - Enrolled
September 4, 2026
04/18/25- Senate Public Safety
April 18, 2025
04/29/25- Senate Natural Resources and Water
April 29, 2025
05/09/25- Senate Appropriations
May 9, 2025
05/23/25- Senate Appropriations
May 23, 2025
05/27/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
May 27, 2025
06/30/25- Assembly Public Safety
June 30, 2025
07/11/25- Assembly Natural Resources
July 11, 2025
08/18/25- Assembly Appropriations
August 18, 2025
09/03/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 3, 2025
09/11/25- Assembly Local Government
September 11, 2025
06/27/26- Assembly Judiciary
June 27, 2026
08/03/26- Assembly Appropriations
August 3, 2026
08/17/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 17, 2026
08/21/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 21, 2026
08/30/26- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 30, 2026
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09/09/2026
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
08/31/2026
Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
08/30/2026
Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
08/30/2026
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
08/20/2026
Assembly
Ordered to third reading.
08/20/2026
Assembly
Read third time and amended.
08/17/2026
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/13/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/13/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).
08/13/2026
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
08/05/2026
Assembly
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
07/01/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/01/2026
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
06/18/2026
Assembly
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
06/15/2026
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
06/11/2026
Assembly
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
09/11/2025
Assembly
(Corrected September 30).
09/11/2025
Assembly
September 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
09/10/2025
Assembly
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
09/10/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
09/09/2025
Assembly
Ordered to third reading.
09/09/2025
Assembly
Read third time and amended.
09/09/2025
Assembly
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3128.)
09/08/2025
Assembly
Ordered to third reading.
09/08/2025
Assembly
From inactive file.
09/08/2025
Assembly
Assembly Rule 78 suspended.
09/04/2025
Assembly
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
09/03/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/02/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/29/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
08/20/2025
Assembly
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
07/15/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/02/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
06/16/2025
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and NAT. RES.
06/05/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
06/04/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1503.) Ordered to the Assembly.
05/27/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
05/23/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23).
05/16/2025
Senate
Set for hearing May 23.
05/12/2025
Senate
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
05/06/2025
Senate
Set for hearing May 12.
05/05/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
05/01/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 969.) (April 30).
04/25/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 30.
04/24/2025
Senate
April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
04/24/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 28.
04/23/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 841.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
04/09/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 22.
04/02/2025
Senate
Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and N.R. & W.
03/26/2025
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
02/26/2025
Senate
Referred to Com. on RLS.
02/19/2025
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
02/18/2025
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Feb 19, 2025 5:56:05 AM
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Sep 10, 2026 9:18:04 AM