republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1686.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trespass."
description: "Existing law provides that a person commits a trespass, which is punishable as a misdemeanor, when he or she willfully refuses or fails to leave land, real property, or structures belonging to, or lawfully occupied by, another person and not open to the general public, after being requested to leave by a peace officer acting at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession, and after being informed by the peace officer that he or she was so acting, or after being requested to leave by the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law permits, for the purposes of this provision, a single request to be made for a peace officer's assistance for a period of 6 months or less when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1686"
citation: "California AB 1686 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trespass."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de0350e8-514c-4b55-901f-4dae8c3c123c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1686"
source_hash: "51d752aace7a8be23e69b23a85f1c80213b24b7aa877526fb7ff237dbbd5b467"
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 1686 (20132014) — Trespass.

Existing law provides that a person commits a trespass, which is punishable as a misdemeanor, when he or she willfully refuses or fails to leave land, real property, or structures belonging to, or lawfully occupied by, another person and not open to the general public, after being requested to leave by a peace officer acting at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession, and after being informed by the peace officer that he or she was so acting, or after being requested to leave by the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law permits, for the purposes of this provision, a single request to be made for a peace officer's assistance for a period of 6 months or less when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1686&version=20130AB168699INT)
2. **08/05/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1686&version=20130AB168698AMD)
3. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1686&version=20130AB168696CHP)
4. **AB1686** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1686)
5. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1686&version=20130AB168697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1686 MEDINA Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1686 Medina By Block — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1686 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4283.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4409.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6039.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de0350e8-514c-4b55-901f-4dae8c3c123c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).