--- type: "Bill" title: "Unauthorized access to computer systems." description: "Existing law establishes various crimes related to computer services and systems. Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly, and without permission, access, cause to be accessed, or provide or assist in providing a means of accessing, a computer, computer system, computer network, or computer data in violation of prescribed provisions, and defines related terms." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 195" citation: "California AB 195 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Unauthorized access to computer systems."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Chau"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-01-28" last_action: "2015-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151b112f-4943-4593-992b-d06194bf2780" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195" source_hash: "9fe9b3a412f28857475f92aa0f5e087dc05eee0fa3d379838beee49c57a240ce" 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 195 (20152016) — Unauthorized access to computer systems. Existing law establishes various crimes related to computer services and systems. Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly, and without permission, access, cause to be accessed, or provide or assist in providing a means of accessing, a computer, computer system, computer network, or computer data in violation of prescribed provisions, and defines related terms. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/28/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19599INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19598AMD) 3. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19597AMD) 4. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19595CHP) 5. **AB195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195) 6. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19596ENR) ## Votes - AB 195 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - AB 195 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB195 Chau By Hancock — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **6–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Chau — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28. - **2015-02-09** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-20** From Consent Calendar. - **2015-04-20** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1103.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-06-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2508.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2015-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2946.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/151b112f-4943-4593-992b-d06194bf2780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).