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CA AB1821

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Blanca Pacheco

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Agencies may charge fees for public records requests exceeding 2 hours of search time per request, or 10 hours of cumulative search time per requestor per month, with the fee amount determined by the agency as reasonable compensation for administrative time
  • Journalists, newspapers, and educational or noncommercial scientific institutions conducting scholarly or scientific research are exempt from the new search time fees
  • Agency response deadlines change from 10 calendar days to 10 business days, with extensions changing from 14 calendar days to 14 business days
  • "Search" is defined as reviewing agency records manually or by automated means to locate records responsive to a request

Legislative Description

California Public Records Act: fees and agency response time.

Last Action

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/16/2026

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