AB 473: California Public Records Act.

The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies.

This bill would recodify and reorganize the provisions of the act. The bill would include provisions to govern the effect of recodification and state that the bill is intended to be entirely nonsubstantive in effect. The bill would contain related legislative findings and declarations. The bill would become operative on January 1, 2023.

This bill would incorporate additional changes proposed by AB 386, AB 562, and SB 823 to be operative only if this bill and AB 386, AB 562, and SB 823 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.