---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes."
description: "Under existing law, every person who deters or prevents an executive officer from performing any of his or her duties, or knowingly resists the officer, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "California SB 411 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af6f3f6-596a-441d-8152-d943be47c3a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB411"
source_hash: "9dea948c8e26bb43d790b8a477be14b90a9b3835cecbf86477fd5a47c1165b43"
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 411 (20152016) — Crimes.

Under existing law, every person who deters or prevents an executive officer from performing any of his or her duties, or knowingly resists the officer, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB411&version=20150SB41199INT)
2. **08/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB411&version=20150SB41197CHP)
3. **SB411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB411)
4. **07/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB411&version=20150SB41198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 411 Lara Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **74–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 508.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 559.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 2327.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-08-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1af6f3f6-596a-441d-8152-d943be47c3a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).