--- type: "Bill" title: "Trespass: requests for law enforcement assistance." description: "Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to trespass by refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or a structure belonging to or lawfully occupied by another and not open to the general public, upon being asked to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires that a separate request to the peace officer be made on each occasion, except that a single request for a peace officer's assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 6 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1295" citation: "California SB 1295 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Trespass: requests for law enforcement assistance."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Block"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2014-02-21" last_action: "2014-09-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/659f04bb-40f9-4ee7-a133-380ab3858530" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295" source_hash: "39b08ba2f1f24b05bc13fd8e55a1bdd1a0974bcfb545f11e7f9179488d18a6e0" 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 SB 1295 (20132014) — Trespass: requests for law enforcement assistance. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to trespass by refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or a structure belonging to or lawfully occupied by another and not open to the general public, upon being asked to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires that a separate request to the peace officer be made on each occasion, except that a single request for a peace officer's assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 6 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129599INT) 2. **03/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129598AMD) 3. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129597AMD) 4. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129596AMD) 5. **08/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129595AMD) 6. **09/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129593CHP) 7. **SB1295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295) 8. **08/19/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1295&version=20130SB129594ENR) ## Votes - SB 1295 Block Senate Third Reading By MEDINA — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1295 Block Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Block — primary (person) - Anderson — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2014-04-08** Set for hearing April 22. - **2014-04-16** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2014-04-17** Set for hearing April 29. - **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3311.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-27** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-05-27** Ordered to second reading. - **2014-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3693.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-11** Read third time and amended. (Page 5964.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6016.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4548.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2014-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 373, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/659f04bb-40f9-4ee7-a133-380ab3858530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).