Tasha Boerner
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 77
Author
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, generally requires that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Existing law authorizes a legislative body to hold a closed session with specified individuals on, among other things, matters posing a threat to the security of essential public services, as specified. This bill would additionally authorize a legislative body to hold a closed session with other law enforcement or security personnel and to hold a closed session on a threat to critical infrastructure controls or critical infrastructure information, as defined, relating to cybersecurity. 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. 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 243, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5203.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 1).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2715 | HTML |
| 02/14/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/24/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/22/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/14/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/30/24- Assembly Local Government | |
| 05/03/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 05/31/24- Senate Local Government | |
| 06/21/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/28/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
Data on Open States is updated periodically throughout the day from the official website of the California State Legislature.
If you notice any inconsistencies with these official sources, feel free to file an issue.