Existing law, until January 1, 2015, requires an application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire, oral, or other specified electronic communication to be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district attorney. Existing law, until January 1, 2015, authorizes the court to issue an order authorizing interception of those communications if the judge finds, among other things, that there is probable cause to believe that an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit, one of several offenses, including, among others, possession for sale of certain controlled substances, murder, and certain felonies involving destructive devices.
California SB 955 (20132014) — Interception of electronic communications.
Existing law, until January 1, 2015, requires an application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire, oral, or other specified electronic communication to be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district attorney. Existing law, until January 1, 2015, authorizes the court to issue an order authorizing interception of those communications if the judge finds, among other things, that there is probable cause to believe that an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit, one of several offenses, including, among others, possession for sale of certain controlled substances, murder, and certain felonies involving destructive devices.
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. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB955 Mitchell Concurrence — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
SB 955 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By HOLDEN — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mitchell — primary (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Hill — principal coauthor (person)
Holden — principal coauthor (person)
Huff — principal coauthor (person)
Lieu — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-06 (Corrected February 13.)
2014-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-03-11 Set for hearing April 8.
2014-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3094.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-11 Set for hearing April 28.
2014-04-28 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3705.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3596.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-07-02 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6236.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-21 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4686.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 712, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ca59290-be93-4ce8-982c-f00d0020ffde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).