Trespass: requests for law enforcement assistance.
Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to trespass by refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or a structure belonging to or lawfully occupied by another and not open to the general public, upon being asked to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires that a separate request to the peace officer be made on each occasion, except that a single request for a peace officer's assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 6 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed.
us/states/ca
California Legislature
20132014
SB 1295
California SB 1295 (20132014)
bill
Trespass: requests for law enforcement assistance.
California SB 1295 (20132014) — Trespass: requests for law enforcement assistance.
Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to trespass by refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or a structure belonging to or lawfully occupied by another and not open to the general public, upon being asked to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires that a separate request to the peace officer be made on each occasion, except that a single request for a peace officer's assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 6 months 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.
SB 1295 Block Senate Third Reading By MEDINA — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1295 Block Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Block — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2014-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2014-03-24 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
2014-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-04-08 Set for hearing April 22.
2014-04-16 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-04-17 Set for hearing April 29.
2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3311.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Ordered to second reading.
2014-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3693.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-11 Read third time and amended. (Page 5964.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-11 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6016.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-18 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4548.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 373, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/659f04bb-40f9-4ee7-a133-380ab3858530. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).