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CA AB 2086

enacted

Pest control licenses: personal information: confidentiality.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2086 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2086 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 288, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2086 about?

Existing law, added by the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991, creates the Department of Pesticide Regulation, which is administered by the Director of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law authorizes the director to, among other things, adopt regulations for the issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates for pest control operations. 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. This bill would, in order to protect the privacy of individual applicants, licensees, and certificate holders, prohibit personal information, as defined, collected pursuant to these provisions from being considered a public record, as specified, and would exempt that personal information from the California Public Records Act, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to disclose an individual applicant, licensee, or certificate holder's address of record, unless the individual applicant, licensee, or certificate holder has designated the address of record as personal information. 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.

Who sponsors CA AB 2086?

Ellis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2086, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, added by the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991, creates the Department of Pesticide Regulation, which is administered by the Director of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law authorizes the director to, among other things, adopt regulations for the issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates for pest control operations. 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. This bill would, in order to protect the privacy of individual applicants, licensees, and certificate holders, prohibit personal information, as defined, collected pursuant to these provisions from being considered a public record, as specified, and would exempt that personal information from the California Public Records Act, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to disclose an individual applicant, licensee, or certificate holder's address of record, unless the individual applicant, licensee, or certificate holder has designated the address of record as personal information. 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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 288, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ellisauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-18

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 288, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-18

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6971.).

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  7. 2026-08-25

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).

  9. 2026-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2026-08-19

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. 2026-08-10

    From Consent Calendar.

  12. 2026-08-10

    Ordered to third reading.

  13. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  14. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  15. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  17. 2026-05-06

    Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD.

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  18. 2026-04-23

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  19. 2026-04-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4795.)

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  20. 2026-04-16

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  21. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).

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  22. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  24. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and JUD.

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  25. 2026-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  26. 2026-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/18/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-18Compare
  • 08/19/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-19Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/18/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-18Compare
  • AB2086Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-03-24 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-04-15 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pellerin: other
    • Muratsuchi: other

  • AB 2086 Ellis Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-04-23 · pass · 74-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hadwick: other
    • Soria: other
    • Addis: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-16 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ashby: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Niello: yes

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