CaliforniaPeace officers: confidentiality of records.
What it does
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection.
More detail
Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer. Existing law authorizes an agency to redact the records disclosed for specified purposes including, among others, to remove personal data or information, as specified, and where there is a specific, articulable, and particularized reason to believe that disclosure of the record would pose a significant danger to the physical safety of the peace officer, custodial officer, or another person.
This bill would require a court in an action to compel disclosure pursuant to specified provisions, in determining whether there is a specific, articulable, and particularized reason to believe that disclosure of the record would pose a significant danger to the physical safety of a person, to consider whether a particular peace officer is currently operating undercover and their duties demand anonymity.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 832.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 847 and AB 1388, to be operative only if this bill and AB 847 or AB 1388 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Oct 11Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 11Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 24Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 13Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3481.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 1178 PACHECO Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)
- Sep 13Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- Sep 13In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Sep 12Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 3005.).Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB1178 Pacheco et al. By Archuleta. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 10Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 9Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Sep 9Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
- Sep 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 5Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Sep 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 29Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 29From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).Major
- Jun 30In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 18In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Jun 11Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 10From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- May 21Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.Minor
- May 8In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1178 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 8Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 2. Page 1483.)Passed Assembly
- May 5Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 1Ordered to second reading.Minor
- May 1Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 29Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 28Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 24From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).Major
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 22From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To print.Introduced