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CA SB 435

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California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: personal information: exemptions.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 435 pass?

Not yet. CA SB 435 is in committee as of 2026-08-13 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

What is CA SB 435 about?

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants to a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected by a business, including the right to delete personal information. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA and establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests the agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to enforce the CCPA. The CCPA excludes from the definition of "personal information" publicly available information. Existing law defines "publicly available" for these purposes to include 3 types of information. One type is information that a business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by the consumer or from widely distributed media. This bill would revise that part of the definition of "publicly available" by removing the condition that the business have a reasonable basis to believe the information is lawfully made available. The CCPA also includes in that definition of "publicly available" information made available by a person to whom the consumer has disclosed the information if the consumer has not restricted the information to a specific audience. This bill would delete that part of the definition of "publicly available." This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.

Who sponsors CA SB 435?

Wahab is the primary sponsor of CA SB 435, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants to a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected by a business, including the right to delete personal information. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA and establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests the agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to enforce the CCPA. The CCPA excludes from the definition of "personal information" publicly available information. Existing law defines "publicly available" for these purposes to include 3 types of information. One type is information that a business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by the consumer or from widely distributed media. This bill would revise that part of the definition of "publicly available" by removing the condition that the business have a reasonable basis to believe the information is lawfully made available. The CCPA also includes in that definition of "publicly available" information made available by a person to whom the consumer has disclosed the information if the consumer has not restricted the information to a specific audience. This bill would delete that part of the definition of "publicly available." This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.

Introduced
2025-02-18
Latest action
2026-08-13 — August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wahabauthor
  • Bontacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

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

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  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-13

    Set for hearing April 7.

  5. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  7. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 21.

  8. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 812.) (April 21).

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  9. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  11. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  13. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1200.) (May 23).

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  14. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1493.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. 2025-06-05

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2025-06-16

    Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C and HUM. S.

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  18. 2025-06-17

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.

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  19. 2025-06-23

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.

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  20. 2025-06-27

    Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  21. 2025-07-09

    July 8 hearing postponed by committee.

  22. 2025-07-16

    July 16 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) Reconsideration granted.

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  23. 2025-07-17

    Coauthors revised.

  24. 2026-06-09

    June 16 hearing postponed by committee.

  25. 2026-06-09

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  26. 2026-06-16

    July 1 hearing postponed by committee.

  27. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  28. 2026-08-05

    August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  29. 2026-08-13

    August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-17Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 06/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-09Compare
  • SB435Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-21 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • 3rd Reading SB435 Wahab et al.

    2025-06-04 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Reyes: other
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · fail · 7-5

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Irwin: no
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Wilson: other
    • McKinnor: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-23 · pass · 9-6

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Irwin: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Petrie-Norris: no
    • Macedo: no

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