Bill Text: CA AB2370 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public records: state agency retention.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2370 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2370-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 23, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2370

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Introduced by Assembly Member Levine

February 16, 2022

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An act to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7922.745) to Part 3 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to public records.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2370, as amended, Levine. Public records: state agency retention.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires a public agency, defined to mean any state or local agency, to make public records available for inspection, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law specifies that public records include any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.

This bill would, unless a longer retention period is required by statute or regulation, or established by the Secretary of State pursuant to the State Records Management Act, require a state agency, for purposes of the California Public Records Act, to retain and preserve for at least 2 years every public record, as defined, including those transmitted by email. regardless of physical form or characteristics.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7922.745) is added to Part 3 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:

CHAPTER  3. State Retention of Records

7922.745.

 Unless a longer retention period is required by statute or regulation, or established by the Secretary of State pursuant to the State Records Management Act (Article 7 (commencing with Section 12270) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2), a state agency shall, for purposes of this division, retain and preserve for at least two years every public record, as defined in Section 7920.530, including those transmitted by email. regardless of physical form or characteristics.