---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search warrants."
description: "Existing law establishes various grounds for the issuance of a search warrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 789"
citation: "California AB 789 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Search warrants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33230cac-b2f5-4432-957e-1fd1fb1c2bd6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789"
source_hash: "4c3db27d00196f3bf41b12783c02f962a5ab58b3847b153afedb3b2e30c19b0e"
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 789 (20092010) — Search warrants.

Existing law establishes various grounds for the issuance of a search warrant.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78999INT)
2. **05/21/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78998AMD)
3. **06/18/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78997AMD)
4. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78996AMD)
5. **08/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78995AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78993CHP)
7. **AB789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789)
8. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB789&version=20090AB78994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 789 DE LEON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 789 DE LEON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB789 De Leon By Pavley — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De Leon — primary (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1616.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1760.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-18** 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. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 2056.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3081.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 473, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33230cac-b2f5-4432-957e-1fd1fb1c2bd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).