Existing law establishes a procedure for a prosecutor to apply for, and the court to issue, an order authorizing law enforcement to intercept a wire or electronic communication. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, the Judicial Council, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts regarding these interceptions, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor or as a felony. Existing law makes these provisions effective until January 1, 2015.
California SB 35 (20132014) — Wiretapping: authorization.
Existing law establishes a procedure for a prosecutor to apply for, and the court to issue, an order authorizing law enforcement to intercept a wire or electronic communication. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, the Judicial Council, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts regarding these interceptions, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor or as a felony. Existing law makes these provisions effective until January 1, 2015.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Pavley — primary (person)
Holden — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-04 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-12-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 4.
2013-01-07 Read first time. reading-1
2013-01-10 Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and ED. referral-committee
2013-03-12 Set for hearing April 2.
2013-03-18 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-03-22 Set for hearing April 16.
2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 564.) (April 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-26 Set for hearing May 1.
2013-05-01 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-01-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-01-06 Withdrawn from committee.
2014-01-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2014-01-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-01-10 Set for hearing January 14.
2014-01-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2590.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-01-15 Set for hearing January 21.
2014-01-21 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-01-22 Set for hearing January 23.
2014-01-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2644.) (January 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-01-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-01-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2663.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-01-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-04-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-18 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-21 Read third time and amended. (Page 6283.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6408.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4870.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 745, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e93b73e5-7bd5-46ea-889b-67d653aff184. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).