---
type: "Bill"
title: "Communications: service interruptions."
description: "Existing law provides that where a law enforcement official has probable cause to believe that a person is holding hostages and is committing a crime, or is barricaded and is resisting apprehension through the use or threatened use of force, the official may order a previously designated telephone corporation security employee to arrange to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "California SB 380 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications: service interruptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ba20f4-4b28-46ea-84bb-11e98c4c2156"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380"
source_hash: "dc4cd5c4c9bec4f271b5fc0376a87062c054eac29539891555dac2d9ce575bd4"
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 380 (20132014) — Communications: service interruptions.

Existing law provides that where a law enforcement official has probable cause to believe that a person is holding hostages and is committing a crime, or is barricaded and is resisting apprehension through the use or threatened use of force, the official may order a previously designated telephone corporation security employee to arrange to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38099INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38098AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38097AMD)
4. **05/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38096AMD)
5. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38095AMD)
6. **08/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38094AMD)
7. **09/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38092CHP)
8. **SB380** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380)
9. **09/09/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB380&version=20130SB38093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 380 Padilla Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 565.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 852.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1154.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** (Ayes 48. Noes 22. Page 2099.) .
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-30** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2868.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2168.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 371, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ba20f4-4b28-46ea-84bb-11e98c4c2156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).