Dave Cortese
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 15
Author
(1) Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Existing law requires every agenda for regular meetings of a local agency to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body's consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body. Existing law authorizes the legislative body to adopt reasonable regulations to ensure that the intent of the provisions relating to this public comment requirement is carried out, including, but not limited to, regulations limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony on particular issues and for each individual speaker. Existing law authorizes the members of the legislative body conducting the meeting to order the meeting room cleared and continue in session, as prescribed, if a group or groups have willfully interrupted the orderly conduct of a meeting and order cannot be restored by the removal of individuals who are willfully interrupting the meeting. This bill would authorize the presiding member of the legislative body conducting a meeting or their designee to remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting. The bill, except as provided, would require removal to be preceded by a warning to the individual by the presiding member of the legislative body or their designee that the individual's behavior is disrupting the meeting and that the individual's failure to cease their behavior may result in their removal. The bill would authorize the presiding member or their designee to then remove the individual if the individual does not promptly cease their disruptive behavior. The bill would define "disrupting" for this purpose. (2) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. (3) 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4655.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 5712.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 21).
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 3580.) 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 9. Noes 2. Page 3436.) (April 19).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 19.
April 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 5.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3149.) (March 17).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set for hearing March 17.
From printer.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1100 | HTML |
| 02/16/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/09/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/21/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/07/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/21/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/06/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/05/22 - Enrolled | |
| 08/22/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/14/22- Senate Governance and Finance | |
| 04/15/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/22/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/14/22- Assembly Local Government | |
| 06/17/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/22/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/03/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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