---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement contact process: service providers."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court or magistrate to issue a warrant for the search of a place and the seizure of property or things identified in the warrant if there is probable cause to believe that specified grounds exist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1993"
citation: "California AB 1993 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement contact process: service providers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/271db503-6792-4b2d-b369-940299ab093a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993"
source_hash: "b58005fc8f78430babbb8c95590f1b93eb04616c0126b6721129777a912528c1"
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 1993 (20152016) — Law enforcement contact process: service providers.

Existing law authorizes a court or magistrate to issue a warrant for the search of a place and the seizure of property or things identified in the warrant if there is probable cause to believe that specified grounds exist.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199399INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199398AMD)
3. **03/30/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199397AMD)
4. **04/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199396AMD)
5. **04/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199395AMD)
6. **05/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199394AMD)
7. **06/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199393AMD)
8. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199392AMD)
9. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199391AMD)
10. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199389CHP)
11. **AB1993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993)
12. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1993&version=20150AB199390ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1993 Irwin By Pavley — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1993 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading — **54–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1993 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading Amend By IRWIN Set #1 — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 1993 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 4768.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 4854.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-21** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5415.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6471.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/271db503-6792-4b2d-b369-940299ab093a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).