CA AB 370
enactedCalifornia Public Records Act: cyberattacks.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 370 pass?
Yes. CA AB 370 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-14. Latest recorded action (2025-07-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 34, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 370 about?
The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, except as specified. Existing law requires each agency, within 10 days of a request for a copy of records, to determine whether the request seeks copies of disclosable public records in possession of the agency and to promptly notify the person of the determination and the reasons therefor. Existing law authorizes that time limit to be extended by no more than 14 days under unusual circumstances, and defines "unusual circumstances" to include, among other things, the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine records during a state of emergency when the state of emergency currently affects the agency's ability to timely respond to requests due to staffing shortages or closure of facilities, as provided. This bill would revise the definition of unusual circumstances as it applies to a state of emergency to require the state of emergency, in addition to currently affecting the agency's ability to timely respond to requests as described above, to also require the state of emergency to directly affect the agency's ability to timely respond to requests as described above. By restricting the time period in which a local agency may respond to requests, thus increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would also expand the definition of unusual circumstances to include the inability of the agency, because of a cyberattack, to access its electronic servers or systems in order to search for and obtain a record that the agency believes is responsive to a request and is maintained on the servers or systems in an electronic format. Under the bill, the extension would apply only until the agency regains its ability to access its electronic servers or systems and search for and obtain electronic records that may be responsive to a request. 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. 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 the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 370?
Carrillo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 370.
Description
The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, except as specified. Existing law requires each agency, within 10 days of a request for a copy of records, to determine whether the request seeks copies of disclosable public records in possession of the agency and to promptly notify the person of the determination and the reasons therefor. Existing law authorizes that time limit to be extended by no more than 14 days under unusual circumstances, and defines "unusual circumstances" to include, among other things, the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine records during a state of emergency when the state of emergency currently affects the agency's ability to timely respond to requests due to staffing shortages or closure of facilities, as provided. This bill would revise the definition of unusual circumstances as it applies to a state of emergency to require the state of emergency, in addition to currently affecting the agency's ability to timely respond to requests as described above, to also require the state of emergency to directly affect the agency's ability to timely respond to requests as described above. By restricting the time period in which a local agency may respond to requests, thus increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would also expand the definition of unusual circumstances to include the inability of the agency, because of a cyberattack, to access its electronic servers or systems in order to search for and obtain a record that the agency believes is responsive to a request and is maintained on the servers or systems in an electronic format. Under the bill, the extension would apply only until the agency regains its ability to access its electronic servers or systems and search for and obtain electronic records that may be responsive to a request. 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. 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 the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-11
- Latest action
- 2025-07-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 34, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Carrilloauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-03
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-04
From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-11
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 11).
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2025-03-12
Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-13
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).
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2025-04-10
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-04-24
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1278.)
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2025-04-24
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-30
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-01
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1931.).
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2025-07-03
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-07-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-07-14
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-07-14
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 34, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-03-11 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Essayli: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Stefani: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-09 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sanchez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 370 Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-04-24 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Ellis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bains: yes
- Berman: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Davies: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Patel: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Flora: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Alanis: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Chen: other
- Lackey: other
- Harabedian: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-17 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Ashby: other
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-07-03 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grove: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Reyes: other
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
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