---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invasion of privacy: recording communications: harassment."
description: "Invasion of privacy: recording communications: harassment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 207"
citation: "California AB 207 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Invasion of privacy: recording communications: harassment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-01-25"
last_action: "1999-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/579a668b-93ce-456e-b26b-3efdd81fba7a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207"
source_hash: "3a0389ce3442f7b37e7047693085c4032705505f92a18c909aec172b36e04780"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 207 (19992000) — Invasion of privacy: recording communications: harassment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207&version=19990AB20799INT)
2. **03/09/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207&version=19990AB20798AMD)
3. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207&version=19990AB20797AMD)
4. **09/13/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207&version=19990AB20795CHP)
5. **AB207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207)
6. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB207&version=19990AB20796ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #23 AB207 Thomson By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 207 THOMSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 207 THOMSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Rod Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3491.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2565.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-03-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 669.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-03-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 2). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **1999-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/579a668b-93ce-456e-b26b-3efdd81fba7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).