California Senate Bill 423

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Passed on September 29 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 751, Statutes of 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to amend Section 7923.600 of, and to add Section 7923.606 to, the Government Code, relating to public records.

California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.

Sen. Lena Gonzalez [D]	Sen. Maria Durazo [D]	Asm. Ash Kalra [D]	Sen. Caroline Menjivar [D]
Sen. Sasha Renee Perez [D]

2026-08-31 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB423 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence (Y: 30 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-30 - Assembly - SB 423 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Ortega (Y: 58 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-30 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-07-14 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-07-01 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-04 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-30 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-09-29		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 751, Statutes of 2026.
2026-09-29		Approved by the Governor.
2026-09-09		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2026-08-31	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-30	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-30	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 6941.) Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-20	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-20	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2026-08-17	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-13	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).
2026-08-13	Assembly	Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05	Assembly	August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-01	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-07-01	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2026-06-18	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-06-15	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
2026-06-11	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-09-11	Assembly	(Corrected September 30).
2025-09-11	Assembly	September 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-09-10	Assembly	Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2025-09-10	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
2025-09-09	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-09	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2025-09-09	Assembly	Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3128.)
2025-09-08	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-08	Assembly	From inactive file.
2025-09-08	Assembly	Assembly Rule 78 suspended.
2025-09-04	Assembly	Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2025-09-03	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20	Assembly	August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-15	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-02	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-06-16	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and NAT. RES.
2025-06-05	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-04	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1503.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-27	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23).
2025-05-16	Senate	Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12	Senate	May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-06	Senate	Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-05	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-01	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 969.) (April 30).
2025-04-25	Senate	Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-24	Senate	April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-24	Senate	Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 841.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-04-09	Senate	Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-02	Senate	Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and N.R. & W.
2025-03-26	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-26	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-19	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2025-02-18	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	7923.600	Amended Code	Citation Text
Government Code	7923.606	New Code	See Bill Text

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