---
type: "Bill"
title: "Connected devices: device protection requests."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to issue a restraining order to a person to prevent abuse, as specified, based on reasonable proof of a past act or acts of abuse. Existing law authorizes the order to be issued solely on the affidavit or testimony of the person requesting the restraining order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "California SB 50 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecteddevices", "deviceprotectionrequests"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-12-16"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be636b3b-0f40-4b0f-8d2a-22becfc86300"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50"
source_hash: "0c0d79605d531497784b82e7707bce3ff8cd156e07015ef85949c910965a94a9"
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 50 (20252026) — Connected devices: device protection requests.

Existing law authorizes a court to issue a restraining order to a person to prevent abuse, as specified, based on reasonable proof of a past act or acts of abuse. Existing law authorizes the order to be issued solely on the affidavit or testimony of the person requesting the restraining order.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5099INT)
2. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5098AMD)
3. **06/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5097AMD)
4. **07/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5096AMD)
5. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5095AMD)
6. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5094AMD)
7. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5092CHP)
8. **SB50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50)
9. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50&version=20250SB5093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB50 Ashby Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 50 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Bonta — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-16** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2024-12-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
- **2025-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2025-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 610.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1512.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-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 JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3002.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2708.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 676, 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/be636b3b-0f40-4b0f-8d2a-22becfc86300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).