SB 259 is sponsored by Seyarto, Kelly (Republican), Alanis, Juan (Republican), Niello, Roger W. (Republican), Chen, Phillip (Republican), Dahle, Megan (Republican), and Mathis.

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California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 5 R cosponsors

SB 259 — Reports submitted to legislative committees.

Last action September 01, 2023 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2023.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on September 01, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
6 sponsors

1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website. This bill would additionally require a state agency to post on its internet website any report required or requested by law, or identified in the Legislative Analyst's Supplemental Report of the Budget Act, that the state agency submits to a committee of the Legislature or to the Members of either house of the Legislature. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to make various categories of legislative information available to the public in an electronic form. This bill would additionally require the Legislative Counsel to make available to the public a link to the list of state and local agency reports submitted by state and local agencies to a committee of the Legislature or to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally, as specified.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/01/23 - Chaptered Current pdf September 01, 2023
Enrolled 08/18/23 - Enrolled pdf August 18, 2023
Amended 06/14/23 - Amended Assembly pdf June 14, 2023
Introduced 01/30/23 - Introduced pdf January 30, 2023
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Action History

September 01, 2023
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2023.
September 01, 2023
Approved by the Governor.
August 22, 2023
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
August 17, 2023
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 15, 2023
Ordered to special consent calendar.
July 03, 2023
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
July 03, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2541.) Ordered to the Senate.
June 29, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
June 28, 2023
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28).
June 14, 2023
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 13, 2023
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7).
May 04, 2023
Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.
April 17, 2023
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
April 13, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 700.) Ordered to the Assembly.
April 11, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
April 10, 2023
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
March 28, 2023
Set for hearing April 10.
March 14, 2023
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 339.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
February 22, 2023
Set for hearing March 14.
February 09, 2023
Referred to Com. on G.O.
January 31, 2023
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
January 30, 2023
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Seyarto, Kelly Republican

Co-sponsors (5)

Alanis, Juan Republican
Niello, Roger W. Republican
Chen, Phillip Republican
Dahle, Megan Republican
Mathis

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Special Consent SB259 Seyarto et al.

August 17, 2023

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	1
Democratic	21	0	0	1
Republican	7	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Roth	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Not Voting
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 259 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day

July 03, 2023

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	42	0	0	5
Republican	8	0	0	5
Unaffiliated	19	0	0	1
Total	69	0	0	11
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Not Voting
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Not Voting
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	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
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Not Voting
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Not Voting
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Not Voting
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

June 28, 2023

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	3	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Democratic	8	0	0	2
Total	14	0	0	2
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Not Voting
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Not Voting
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

June 07, 2023

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

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

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar SB259 Seyarto et al.

April 13, 2023

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	19	0	0	3
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	1
Republican	7	0	0	0
Total	36	0	0	4
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Roth	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

March 14, 2023

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	1
Republican	3	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	2
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Dodd	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Not Voting
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 259 do?: Existing law requires a state agency that is required or requested by law to submit a report to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally to submit the report in a specified manner and to post the report on the state agency's internet website. This bill would additionally require a state agency to post on its internet website any report required or requested by law, or identified in the Legislative Analyst's Supplemental Report of the Budget Act, that the state agency submits to a committee of the Legislature or to the Members of either house of the Legislature. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to make various categories of legislative information available to the public in an electronic form. This bill would additionally require the Legislative Counsel to make available to the public a link to the list of state and local agency reports submitted by state and local agencies to a committee of the Legislature or to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally, as specified.
Who sponsors SB 259?: SB 259 is sponsored by Seyarto, Kelly (Republican), Alanis, Juan (Republican), Niello, Roger W. (Republican), Chen, Phillip (Republican), Dahle, Megan (Republican), and Mathis.
What is the current status of SB 259?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2023. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 259
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 30, 2023
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Seyarto, Kelly

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