Bill Commons

CA SB 1236

enacted

State Records Management Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 1236 pass?

Yes. CA SB 1236 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-16): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 105, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 1236 about?

Existing law, the State Records Management Act, generally requires the head of a state agency to establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records and information collection practices of the agency. The act requires the Secretary of State to determine, among other things, whether a record held by a state agency has archival value, as defined, and requires a record deemed to have archival value to be transferred to the State Archives. The act requires the Secretary of State to enforce all statutory requirements regarding the confidentiality of records transferred to the State Archives and to make the records available to authorized individuals or the public, as determined by applicable law. This bill would revise and recast the duties of the head of a state agency and the Secretary of State to determine and transfer a record deemed to have archival value.

Who sponsors CA SB 1236?

Committee on Governmental Organization is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1236.

Description

Existing law, the State Records Management Act, generally requires the head of a state agency to establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records and information collection practices of the agency. The act requires the Secretary of State to determine, among other things, whether a record held by a state agency has archival value, as defined, and requires a record deemed to have archival value to be transferred to the State Archives. The act requires the Secretary of State to enforce all statutory requirements regarding the confidentiality of records transferred to the State Archives and to make the records available to authorized individuals or the public, as determined by applicable law. This bill would revise and recast the duties of the head of a state agency and the Secretary of State to determine and transfer a record deemed to have archival value.

Introduced
2026-02-19
Latest action
2026-07-16 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 105, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Governmental Organizationauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-16

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 105, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-16

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  4. 2026-07-02

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. 2026-07-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5985.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  6. 2026-07-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  7. 2026-06-25

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  8. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  9. 2026-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2026-05-11

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  11. 2026-04-16

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  12. 2026-04-16

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3921.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. 2026-04-14

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  14. 2026-04-13

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  15. 2026-03-27

    Set for hearing April 13.

  16. 2026-03-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3658.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2026-03-09

    Set for hearing March 24.

  18. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  19. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  20. 2026-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Ashby: other

  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB1236 G.O.

    2026-04-16 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Niello: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: other
    • Seyarto: other

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

    2026-06-10 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Valencia: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-06-24 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Krell: yes

  • SB 1236 Governmental Organization Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-07-02 · pass · 70-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Papan: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Ransom: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Chen: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • Bains: other

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