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AB 1612 — State government: regulations.
Last action — Vetoed by Governor.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. The act requires the Office of Administrative Law to provide on its Internet Web site, free of charge, the full text of the California Code of Regulations, and a list of, and a link to the full text of, each regulation filed with the Secretary of State that is pending effectiveness, as specified. This bill would prohibit the Office of Administrative Law from charging a fee to enable access for individuals with disabilities, as specified, and would require that accessibility options advertised to end users of the Internet Web site under the "accessibility" link be made available to the public free of charge.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 08/13/14 - Enrolled Current pdf August 13, 2014
- Amended 05/23/14 - Amended Assembly pdf May 23, 2014
- Amended 04/02/14 - Amended Assembly pdf April 02, 2014
- Amended 03/03/14 - Amended Assembly pdf March 03, 2014
- Introduced 02/06/14 - Introduced pdf February 06, 2014
- AB1612 View text html
Action History
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4410.).
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Ordered to third reading.
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From consent calendar.
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Referred to Com. on G.O.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5345.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.
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Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Jones · Cosponsor
- Donnelly · Primary
- Shannon Grove · Cosponsor
- Harkey · Cosponsor
- Nestande · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Donnelly
Co-sponsors (4)
- Jones
- Grove, Shannon Republican
- Harkey
- Nestande
Not signed on (117)
117 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 117 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Not Voting |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Not Voting |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Not Voting |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 67 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 74 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Fox | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Not Voting |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Not Voting |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Not Voting |
| Rodriguez | — | Not Voting |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Not Voting |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (13)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 1612 do?
- The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. The act requires the Office of Administrative Law to provide on its Internet Web site, free of charge, the full text of the California Code of Regulations, and a list of, and a link to the full text of, each regulation filed with the Secretary of State that is pending effectiveness, as specified. This bill would prohibit the Office of Administrative Law from charging a fee to enable access for individuals with disabilities, as specified, and would require that accessibility options advertised to end users of the Internet Web site under the "accessibility" link be made available to the public free of charge.
- Who sponsors AB 1612?
- AB 1612 is sponsored by Jones, Donnelly, Grove, Shannon (Republican), Harkey, and Nestande.
- What is the current status of AB 1612?
- This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 1612?
- Track AB 1612 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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