California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 85 — Open meetings.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2015-2016 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate in a meeting of a state body, subject to certain conditions and exceptions. This bill would specify that the definition of "state body" includes an advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, advisory subcommittee, or similar multimember advisory body of a state body that consists of 3 or more individuals, as prescribed, except a board, commission, committee, or similar multimember body on which a member of a body serves in his or her official capacity as a representative of that state body and that is supported, in whole or in part, by funds provided by the state body, whether the multimember body is organized and operated by the state body or by a private corporation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Vetoed by Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2288.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17).

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on G.O.

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

  11. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1698.).

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

  14. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Read second time and amended.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 8).

  18. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wilk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Wilk

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB85 Wilk By Vidak Urgency Clause

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Liu — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Leyva — Yea

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AB 85 WILK Third Reading Urgency

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 70000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Harper — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Salas — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Brough — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20000
Democratic 1000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Campos — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Perea — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Linder — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 85 do?
The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate in a meeting of a state body, subject to certain conditions and exceptions. This bill would specify that the definition of "state body" includes an advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, advisory subcommittee, or similar multimember advisory body of a state body that consists of 3 or more individuals, as prescribed, except a board, commission, committee, or similar multimember body on which a member of a body serves in his or her official capacity as a representative of that state body and that is supported, in whole or in part, by funds provided by the state body, whether the multimember body is organized and operated by the state body or by a private corporation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 85?
AB 85 is sponsored by Wilk.
What is the current status of AB 85?
This bill died with 2015-2016 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 85?
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