AB 802 — Reports to the Legislature: Statewide Open Data Portal.

Summary

Existing law requires a report that is required or requested by law to be submitted by a state or local agency to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to instead be submitted as a printed copy to the Secretary of the Senate, as an electronic copy to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and as an electronic or printed copy to the Legislative Counsel. Existing law requires a state agency to provide an electronic copy of the summary of its report directly to each Member of the appropriate house of the Legislature. Existing law requires a state agency post its report on the agency's internet website and to include in the report the internet website where the report can be downloaded. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to make available on an internet website an electronic list of all reports that state and local agencies are required or requested by law to prepare and file with the Governor or the Legislature, and to include in the list any hyperlink to a report provided by a state or local agency. This bill would require state and local agencies to submit all reports to the Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the Legislative Counsel electronically, rather than submitting a printed copy, and would eliminate the requirement that state agencies separately submit the summary of the report directly to Members of the Legislature. This bill would make a report that is required or requested by law to be submitted by a state or local agency to a committee of either or both houses of the Legislature subject to these provisions, including the requirements that the report be submitted electronically and included in the electronic list prepared by the Legislative Counsel. Existing law establishes the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Existing law authorizes the director and the department to exercise various powers in creating and managing the information technology policy of the state. This bill would require the Department of Technology to establish and maintain a statewide open data portal. For state agency reports involving data collection or analysis, the bill would require the state agency to post the datasets used to generate the report on the statewide open data portal. The bill would authorize local agencies to post datasets on the portal, and would authorize state agencies to post datasets not already required to be posted on the portal. By imposing new duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Amended 06/04/19 - Amended Senate Current pdf June 04, 2019
• Amended 04/10/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 10, 2019
• Introduced 02/20/19 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2019
• AB802 View text html

Action History

1. August 30, 2019

   In committee: Held under submission.

2. August 12, 2019

   In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

3. July 09, 2019

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

4. June 12, 2019

   Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

5. June 04, 2019

   From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.

6. May 22, 2019

   Referred to Com. on RLS.

7. May 09, 2019

   In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

8. May 09, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1589.)

9. May 02, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

10. May 01, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1).

11. April 24, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. April 11, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

13. April 10, 2019

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.

14. March 28, 2019

    Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

15. February 21, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

16. February 20, 2019

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Mark Stone · Primary

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