Existing law provides that a search warrant may only be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also states the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence that tends to show a felony has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a felony, or when there is a warrant to arrest a person.
California SB 717 (20132014) — Search warrants: driving under the influence.
Existing law provides that a search warrant may only be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also states the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence that tends to show a felony has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a felony, or when there is a warrant to arrest a person.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2013-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-11 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
2013-03-14 Set for hearing April 2.
2013-04-02 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-04-25 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
2013-04-26 Set for hearing April 30.
2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 757.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2013-05-06 Withdrawn from committee.
2013-05-06 Ordered to second reading.
2013-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2013-05-13 From special consent calendar.
2013-05-13 Ordered to third reading.
2013-05-16 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-16 Ordered to second reading.
2013-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-20 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-20 Ordered to second reading.
2013-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2013-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-30 Read third time and amended. (Page 2791.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
2013-09-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2827.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2138.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2013-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 317, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/defa7f36-d96a-4caa-af28-2013dbcb2013. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).