--- type: "Bill" title: "Public agencies: unlawful interference." description: "Under existing law, any person who intentionally interferes with any lawful business carried on by the employees of a public agency open to the public by obstructing or intimidating those attempting to carry on or transact business and refusing to leave, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 660" citation: "California AB 660 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public agencies: unlawful interference."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"] version_count: 10 action_count: 33 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2017-02-14" last_action: "2017-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae79f34b-d471-4269-a8bb-b7b9540bc1bd" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660" source_hash: "dada75ea88893f40e91743118281e0fb3679eed1f2c86e80e08e7b7f2ffad182" 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 660 (20172018) — Public agencies: unlawful interference. Under existing law, any person who intentionally interferes with any lawful business carried on by the employees of a public agency open to the public by obstructing or intimidating those attempting to carry on or transact business and refusing to leave, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66099INT) 2. **03/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66098AMD) 3. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66097AMD) 4. **04/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66096AMD) 5. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66095AMD) 6. **09/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66094AMD) 7. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66093AMD) 8. **09/30/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66091CHP) 9. **AB660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660) 10. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB660&version=20170AB66092ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent Calendar # AB660 — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 660 Rubio Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Rubio — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2017-03-30** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1617.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2910.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2017-09-14** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3424.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m. - **2017-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 381, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae79f34b-d471-4269-a8bb-b7b9540bc1bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).