Bob Wieckowski
- Democratic
Author
The California Public Records Act requires a public agency, defined to mean a state or local agency, to make its public records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee, unless the public records are exempt from disclosure. The act makes specified records exempt from disclosure and provides that disclosure by a state or local agency of a public record that is otherwise exempt constitutes a waiver of the exemptions. The act, when it appears to a superior court that certain public records are being improperly withheld from a member of the public, requires the court to order the officer or person charged with withholding the records to disclose the public record or show cause why he or she should not do so. The act requires the court to award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the plaintiff if the plaintiff prevails in litigation filed pursuant to these provisions, and requires the court to award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the public agency if the court finds that the plaintiff's case is clearly frivolous. This bill would replace "plaintiff" with "requester" in that provision, would make conforming changes, and would specify that these provisions do not preclude the award of fees and costs pursuant to other provisions of law.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 463, Statutes of 2018.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5263.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6217.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3).
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4331.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4997.) (May 8).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing May 8.
May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1244 | HTML |
| 02/15/18 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/30/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/15/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/18 - Enrolled | |
| 09/17/18 - Chaptered |
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