Freddie Rodriguez
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 53
Author
The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions for authorized closed sessions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. Existing law establishes the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) , administered under the authority of the Insurance Commissioner and governed by a 3-member governing board, to transact insurance in this state as necessary to sell policies of basic residential earthquake insurance. Under existing law, the CEA's governing board is advised by an appointed advisory panel. This bill would provide, as an exception to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, that the CEA's governing board or advisory panel is authorized to hold closed sessions when addressing the development of rates, reinsurance, and strategy when discussion in open session concerning those matters would prejudice the position of the CEA. The bill would authorize the CEA's governing board or advisory panel, at any regular or special meeting, to meet in a closed session as described above upon a 23 vote of the members present at the meeting taken after first providing an opportunity for members of the public to be heard on the issue of the appropriateness of meeting in closed session. The bill would require, after a closed session is held as described above, the CEA's governing board or advisory panel to reconvene in open session prior to adjournment and report, among other things, that a closed session was held. If the duration of a closed session is longer than 2 hours, the bill would require the CEA's governing board or advisory panel to provide reasonable notice to the public, as specified, before reconvening in open session. 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 301, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.).
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 30).
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to third reading.
From Consent Calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(C).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From inactive file.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McGuire.
Ordered to third reading.
From Consent Calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2014.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1505 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/19/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/24/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/03/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/20/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/20/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/14/23- Assembly Emergency Management | |
| 05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/06/23- Senate Governmental Organization | |
| 08/24/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/11/24- Senate Insurance | |
| 06/21/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/28/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/21/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/27/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/30/24- Assembly Insurance |
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