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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Disorderly conduct: invasion of privacy."
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description: "Existing law provides that any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape, film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another, identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other person is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor. Under existing law, (1) a first violation of that offense is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment, and (2) a 2nd or subsequent violation of that offense, or any violation of that offense in which the victim was, at the time of the offense, a minor, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 255"
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citation: "California SB 255 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disorderly conduct: invasion of privacy."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2013-02-13"
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last_action: "2013-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af6af932-eb5c-4039-8cb7-fb3590faf4ab"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255"
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source_hash: "3e1e8ea105235af53291f635cea14518a05d8c0a34606893d2d04f2120e1fd87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 255 (20132014) — Disorderly conduct: invasion of privacy.
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Existing law provides that any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape, film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another, identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other person is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor. Under existing law, (1) a first violation of that offense is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment, and (2) a 2nd or subsequent violation of that offense, or any violation of that offense in which the victim was, at the time of the offense, a minor, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25599INT)
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2. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25598AMD)
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3. **06/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25597AMD)
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4. **06/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25596AMD)
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5. **08/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25595AMD)
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6. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25594AMD)
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7. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25592CHP)
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8. **SB255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255)
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9. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255&version=20130SB25593ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 255 Cannella Third Reading Urgency By QUIRK — **77–1** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Supp 1 SB255 Cannella Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cannella — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- De León — coauthor (person)
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- Hancock — coauthor (person)
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- Knight — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
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- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-07** 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`
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- **2013-05-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-14** Set for hearing June 4.
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- **2013-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1251.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-06-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1636.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1855.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2013-08-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-21** 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`
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- **2013-08-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3180.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2013-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2377.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 466, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af6af932-eb5c-4039-8cb7-fb3590faf4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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