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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 716 — Court access.

Last action October 05, 2021 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2021.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts. Existing law requires the sittings of every court to be public, except as authorized. This bill would prohibit a court from excluding the public from physical access to the court because remote access is available, unless it is necessary to restrict or limit physical access to protect the health or safety of the public or court personnel. The bill would require the court to provide, at a minimum, a public audio stream or telephonic means by which to listen to the proceedings when the courthouse is physically closed, except when the law authorizes or requires the proceedings to be closed.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/05/21 - Chaptered Current pdf October 05, 2021
Enrolled 09/15/21 - Enrolled pdf September 15, 2021
Amended 09/03/21 - Amended Senate pdf September 03, 2021
Amended 07/15/21 - Amended Senate pdf July 15, 2021
Amended 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly pdf March 25, 2021
Amended 03/16/21 - Amended Assembly pdf March 16, 2021
Introduced 02/16/21 - Introduced pdf February 16, 2021
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Action History

October 05, 2021
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2021.
October 05, 2021
Approved by the Governor.
September 22, 2021
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
September 10, 2021
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3151.).
September 10, 2021
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
September 10, 2021
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2603.).
September 07, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 03, 2021
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 26, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 26, 2021
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
August 16, 2021
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
July 15, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 14, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 13).
June 09, 2021
Referred to Com. on JUD.
May 28, 2021
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 27, 2021
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1639.)
May 24, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 20, 2021
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 20).
April 14, 2021
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
March 26, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 25, 2021
Read second time and amended.
March 24, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 23).
March 17, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
March 16, 2021
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
February 25, 2021
Referred to Com. on JUD.
February 17, 2021
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
February 16, 2021
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Bennett, Steve Democratic

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 716 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 11, 2021

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	27	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	42	0	0	2
Republican	8	0	0	1
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

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3rd Reading AB716 Bennett By Umberg

September 10, 2021

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	20	0	0	3
Democratic	12	0	0	1
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	36	0	0	4
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Borgeas	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Not Voting
Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Eggman	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

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Do pass

August 26, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Placed on suspense file

August 16, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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

July 13, 2021

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Total	10	0	0	1
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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AB 716 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

May 27, 2021

Passed 72 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	37	0	0	4
Democratic	27	0	0	0
Republican	8	0	0	2
Total	72	0	0	6
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (78)

Member	Party	Vote
Chau	—	Yea
Smith	—	Not Voting
Maienschein	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

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Do pass.

May 20, 2021

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	1
Democratic	6	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	1
Total	14	0	0	2
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

March 23, 2021

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	1
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	10	0	0	1
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Chiu	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety civil-rights

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 716 do?: The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts. Existing law requires the sittings of every court to be public, except as authorized. This bill would prohibit a court from excluding the public from physical access to the court because remote access is available, unless it is necessary to restrict or limit physical access to protect the health or safety of the public or court personnel. The bill would require the court to provide, at a minimum, a public audio stream or telephonic means by which to listen to the proceedings when the courthouse is physically closed, except when the law authorizes or requires the proceedings to be closed.
Who sponsors AB 716?: AB 716 is sponsored by Bennett, Steve (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 716?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2021. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 716
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 16, 2021
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Bennett, Steve

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