Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 18, 2026 · 510 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2063
Introduced by Assembly Member Wallis
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February 18, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 10248 of the Government Code, relating to the Legislature.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2063, as introduced, Wallis. Legislative information system: bill position letters.
Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel, with the advice of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules, to make certain legislative information available to the public in electronic form, including the text, bill history, and bill status of each bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session and all bill analyses prepared by legislative committees in connection with each bill in each current legislative session.
This bill would add all letters submitted through the Legislature’s internet portal in connection with each bill, commencing with bills introduced during the 2027–28 Regular Session, to the information the Legislative Counsel is required to make publicly available in electronic form.
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 10248 of the Government Code is amended to read:
10248.
Public computer network; required legislative information.
(a) The Legislative Counsel shall, with the advice of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules, make all of the following information available to the public in electronic form:
(1) The legislative calendar, the schedule of legislative committee hearings, a list of matters pending on the floors of both houses of the Legislature, and a list of the committees of the Legislature and their members.
(2) The text of each bill introduced in each current legislative session, including each amended, enrolled, and chaptered form of each bill.
(3) The bill history of each bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session.
(4) The bill status of each bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session.
(5) All bill analyses prepared by legislative committees in connection with each bill in each current legislative session.
(6) (A) Commencing with bills introduced during the 2027–28 Regular Session, all letters submitted through the Legislature’s internet portal in connection with each bill.
(B) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that letters made available to the public pursuant to subparagraph (A) do not disclose confidential information or otherwise infringe on individual privacy.
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(7)
All audiovisual recordings of legislative proceedings that have been caused to be made by the Legislature in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 7 of Article IV of the California Constitution. Each recording shall remain accessible to the public through the Internet and downloadable for a minimum period of 20 years following the date on which the recording was made and shall then be archived in a secure format.
(7)
(8)
All vote information concerning each bill in each current legislative session.
(8)
(9)
Any veto message concerning a bill in each current legislative session.
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(10)
The California Codes.
(10)
(11)
The California Constitution.
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(12)
All statutes enacted on or after January 1, 1993.