Existing law provides that a person is liable for the tort of stalking if he or she engaged in a pattern of conduct intended to follow, alarm, or harass the plaintiff, that resulted in the plaintiff reasonably fearing for his or her safety, or the safety of an immediate family member, and the defendant has either made a credible threat with the intent to place the plaintiff in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or that of an immediate family member or has violated a restraining order, as specified.
California AB 1356 (20132014) — Stalking: remedies.
Existing law provides that a person is liable for the tort of stalking if he or she engaged in a pattern of conduct intended to follow, alarm, or harass the plaintiff, that resulted in the plaintiff reasonably fearing for his or her safety, or the safety of an immediate family member, and the defendant has either made a credible threat with the intent to place the plaintiff in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or that of an immediate family member or has violated a restraining order, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-21 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-01-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-01-07 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2014-01-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (January 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-01-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-01-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-01-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 3716.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-01-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-02-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2014-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 4834.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 6514.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 853, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62626152-1a9b-41f9-9247-abb7bb81cc8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).