---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service of summons or subpoena."
description: "Existing law requires specified persons to be granted access to a gated community for a reasonable period of time for the sole purpose of performing lawful service of process or service of a subpoena, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1431"
citation: "California SB 1431 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service of summons or subpoena."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79080510-439d-4f2b-9472-4b51f5290547"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431"
source_hash: "ce012e03ae8683a3eeb8cb229f9554d1bde86f4343436e2deb63b16339b38c48"
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 1431 (20152016) — Service of summons or subpoena.

Existing law requires specified persons to be granted access to a gated community for a reasonable period of time for the sole purpose of performing lawful service of process or service of a subpoena, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431&version=20150SB143199INT)
2. **04/12/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431&version=20150SB143198AMD)
3. **06/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431&version=20150SB143197AMD)
4. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431&version=20150SB143195CHP)
5. **SB1431** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431)
6. **07/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1431&version=20150SB143196ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1431 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent # — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-24** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3394.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3536.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5403.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-06-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4655.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 88, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79080510-439d-4f2b-9472-4b51f5290547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).