What Information Has to Be on the LegInfo Website?

What Information Has to Be on the LegInfo Website? By Chris Micheli

            California Government Code Title 2, Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 1, Article 2 imposes specified duties on the Legislative Counsel. Article 2 was added in 1945 by Chapter 111 and contains Section 10248, whose heading is “Public computer network; required legislative information.”

            Section 10248 requires the Legislative Counsel to make certain information available to the public in electronic form, which it does on the “California Legislative Information” website, which is commonly known as the “LegInfo website.” It is found at: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/.

            There are twelve specified items that Legislative Counsel must post on the LegInfo website: 


·         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.

·         The text of each bill introduced in each current legislative session, including each amended, enrolled, and chaptered form of each bill.

·         The bill history of each bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session.

·         The bill status of each bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session.

·         All bill analyses prepared by legislative committees in connection with each bill in each current legislative session.

·         All audiovisual recordings of legislative proceedings that have been caused to be made by the Legislature pursuant to Prop. 54.

·         All vote information concerning each bill in each current legislative session.

·         Any veto message concerning a bill in each current legislative session.

·         The California Codes.

·         The California Constitution.

·         All statutes enacted on or after January 1, 1993.

·         A link to the list of state and local agency reports required.

This statute also provides that any person who accesses the information may access all or any part of the information. The information may also be made available by any other means of access that would facilitate public access to the information.

In addition, personal information concerning a person who accesses the information may be maintained only for the purpose of providing service to the person. And, the Legislative Counsel is prohibited from imposing a fee or other charge as a condition of accessing the information that is accessible on LegInfo.

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