CA AB 1178

enacted

Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection. Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer. Existing law authorizes an agency to redact the records disclosed for specified purposes including, among others, to remove personal data or information, as specified, and where there is a specific, articulable, and particularized reason to believe that disclosure of the record would pose a significant danger to the physical safety of the peace officer, custodial officer, or another person. This bill would require a court in an action to compel disclosure pursuant to specified provisions, in determining whether there is a specific, articulable, and particularized reason to believe that disclosure of the record would pose a significant danger to the physical safety of a person, to consider whether a particular peace officer is currently operating undercover and their duties demand anonymity. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 832.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 847 and AB 1388, to be operative only if this bill and AB 847 or AB 1388 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-04-28
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-29
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-05-01
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-05
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 2. Page 1483.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-08
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-21
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.
referral-committee
2025-06-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-18
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-30
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-09
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
2025-09-09
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 3005.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-13
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3481.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
04/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-28Compare
06/11/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-11Compare
08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
09/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-09Compare
09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
AB1178Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Harabedian: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Haney: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
AB 1178 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-08 · pass · 60-2
Member-level votes (79)
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Soria: yes
- Krell: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: no
- Jackson: no
- Ward: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Carrillo: other
- Bonta: other
- Arambula: other
- Irwin: other
- Gallagher: other
- DeMaio: other
- Lee: other
- Caloza: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Wallis: other
- Flora: other
- Boerner: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Kalra: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-10 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-06-30 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
3rd Reading AB1178 Pacheco et al. By Archuleta
2025-09-12 · pass · 29-2
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wiener: no
- Pérez: no
- McNerney: other
- Choi: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- Valladares: other
- Reyes: other
- Menjivar: other
- Wahab: other
- Gonzalez: other
- Arreguín: other
AB 1178 PACHECO Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 67-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Caloza: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Jackson: other
- Bonta: other
- Kalra: other
- Bryan: other
- Ward: other
- Hart: other
- Lee: other
- Zbur: other
- McKinnor: other
- Flora: other
- Garcia: other

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