CA AB 847
enactedPeace officers: confidentiality of records.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 847 pass?
Yes. CA AB 847 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 383, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 847 about?
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, authorizes the inspection and copying of any public record except where specifically prohibited by law. Existing law, with specified exemptions, makes confidential the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers and certain other records maintained by their employing agencies. Existing law provides that this exemption from disclosure does not apply to investigations of these officers or their employing agencies or to related proceedings conducted by a grand jury, a district attorney's office, or the Attorney General's office. This bill would additionally grant access to the confidential personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers and records maintained by their employing agencies, as specified, to civilian law enforcement oversight boards or commissions during investigations or related proceedings concerning the conduct of those officers. The bill would require those oversight boards to maintain the confidentiality of those records, and would authorize them to conduct closed sessions, as specified, to review confidential records. The bill would additionally authorize a county inspector general to access those personnel records, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 832.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1178 and AB 1388 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1178 or AB 1388 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors CA AB 847?
Sharp-Collins is the primary sponsor of CA AB 847, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, authorizes the inspection and copying of any public record except where specifically prohibited by law. Existing law, with specified exemptions, makes confidential the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers and certain other records maintained by their employing agencies. Existing law provides that this exemption from disclosure does not apply to investigations of these officers or their employing agencies or to related proceedings conducted by a grand jury, a district attorney's office, or the Attorney General's office. This bill would additionally grant access to the confidential personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers and records maintained by their employing agencies, as specified, to civilian law enforcement oversight boards or commissions during investigations or related proceedings concerning the conduct of those officers. The bill would require those oversight boards to maintain the confidentiality of those records, and would authorize them to conduct closed sessions, as specified, to review confidential records. The bill would additionally authorize a county inspector general to access those personnel records, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 832.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1178 and AB 1388 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1178 or AB 1388 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-28
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 383, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Sharp-Collinsauthor
- Arreguíncoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 383, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 16. Page 3472.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 2999.).
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2025-09-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-09
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-07-09
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8).
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2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 1812.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-22
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1638.)
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2025-05-05
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-01
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29).
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2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-04-22
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-21
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-28
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
- 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
- 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
- 05/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-22Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-09Compare
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
- 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended.
2025-04-29 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ramos: other
- Lackey: other
- Alanis: other
- Nguyen: other
AB 847 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 53-15
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Soria: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- Wallis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Davies: no
- Ellis: no
- Flora: no
- Alanis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Hadwick: no
- Ávila Farías: no
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- Patterson: no
- Sanchez: no
- Carrillo: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Chen: other
- Arambula: other
- Lackey: other
- Ta: other
- Bains: other
- Castillo: other
Do pass
2025-07-08 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB847 Sharp-Collins et al. By Arreguín
2025-09-12 · pass · 23-10
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no
- Cabaldon: no
- Seyarto: no
- Niello: no
- Grayson: no
- Jones: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Choi: other
- Valladares: other
- Rubio: other
- Hurtado: other
- Durazo: other
- Archuleta: other
- Gonzalez: other
AB 847 Sharp-Collins Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 50-16
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ávila Farías: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Arambula: other
- Nguyen: other
- Lackey: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Ramos: other
- Pacheco: other
- Chen: other
- Carrillo: other
- McKinnor: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other
- Ta: other
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