---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement: masks."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to wear a mask, false whiskers, or any personal disguise, as specified, with the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, or identification while committing a public offense, or for concealment, flight, evasion, or escape from arrest or conviction for any public offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 627"
citation: "California SB 627 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lawenforcement", "masks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75cb5db3-57b3-4f55-ad71-3ed4e6fedb41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627"
source_hash: "8827e00525d5f1136ef88c10ea08467356894ad12895cc8fa708967bde524be9"
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 627 (20252026) — Law enforcement: masks.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to wear a mask, false whiskers, or any personal disguise, as specified, with the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, or identification while committing a public offense, or for concealment, flight, evasion, or escape from arrest or conviction for any public offense.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62799INT)
2. **06/16/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62798AMD)
3. **06/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62797AMD)
4. **07/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62796AMD)
5. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62795AMD)
6. **08/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62794AMD)
7. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62793AMD)
8. **09/20/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62791CHP)
9. **SB627** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627)
10. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627&version=20250SB62792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 627 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — **45–23** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence Reconsider — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Arreguín — author (person)
- Ashby — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- McNerney — coauthor (person)
- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Pérez — author (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Schultz — coauthor (person)
- Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Solache — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Wahab — author (person)
- Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2025-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 23. Page 3120.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-10** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2759.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-09-11** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2939.) `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2908.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-11** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Wiener.
- **2025-09-11** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2935.)
- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2936.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75cb5db3-57b3-4f55-ad71-3ed4e6fedb41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).