republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-35.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wiretapping: authorization."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "California SB 35 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wiretapping: authorization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-12-04"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93b73e5-7bd5-46ea-889b-67d653aff184"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35"
source_hash: "76842996661c901bd7dee1c47613d16bf7fdf266067d77c37bd47cd33b0a02a5"
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 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.

1. **12/04/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35&version=20130SB3599INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35&version=20130SB3597AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35&version=20130SB3598AMD)
4. **08/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35&version=20130SB3596AMD)
5. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35&version=20130SB3594CHP)
6. **SB35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35)
7. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB35&version=20130SB3595ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 35 Pavley Senate Third Reading By HOLDEN — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB35 Pavley Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e93b73e5-7bd5-46ea-889b-67d653aff184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).